Defending champion Daria Kasatkina is one in all 5 Australians who will compete on the Eastbourne Worldwide.
Melbourne, VIC, 23 June 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Daria Kasatkina hopes to emulate her previous successes at Eastbourne when she returns to the grasscourt event this week.
Kasatkina is one in all 5 Australians who will compete on the occasion, with Maya Joint, Kimberly Birrell, Aleksandar Vukic and James Duckworth additionally participating.
Eastbourne has been a fruitful event for Kasatkina. The world No.16 has reached the quarterfinals in 4 of her final 5 appearances, most notably clinching the crown final 12 months. The defending champion begins her title defence towards Kiwi Lulu Solar.
Kimberly Birrell and Maya Joint be a part of Kasatkina within the ladies’s draw, as they purpose to enter Wimbledon in sturdy kind.
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Birrell put collectively a formidable qualifying marketing campaign to earn her main-draw spot. The world No.77 defeated Katie Volynets and Anna Bondar in straight units to advance. She faces Australian Open 2020 champion, Sofia Kenin, first.
In the meantime, Joint will open her marketing campaign towards former Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur.
An all-Australian showdown headlines the boys’s singles area in Eastbourne with Aleksandar Vukic and James Duckworth going head-to-head.
Ajla Tomljanovic will undertake a distinct path from her compatriots when she competes in Dangerous Homburg.
The world No.77 recorded victories towards Sorana Cirstea and Eva Lys throughout qualifying to characteristic in the primary draw. She faces Czechia’s Linda Noskova in her first match.
AUSSIES IN ACTION
BAD HOMBURG 500:
Aussies in ladies’s singles: Ajla Tomljanovic (World No.80)
Aussies in ladies’s doubles: Ellen Perez (with Lyudmyla Kichenok)
EASTBOURNE 250:
Aussies in males’s singles: Aleksandar Vukic (World No.80), James Duckworth (World No.106)
Aussies in males’s doubles: Matt Ebden (with Albano Olivetti), John-Patrick Smith (with Fernando Romboli)
Aussies in ladies’s singles: Daria Kasatkina (World No.16), Maya Joint (World No.51), Kimberly Birrell (World No.77)
Aussies in ladies’s doubles: Maya Joint (with Hsieh Su-Wei)
MALLORCA 250:
Aussies in males’s singles: Rinky Hijikata (World No.88), Bernard Tomic (World No.248)
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