Australian Kimberly Birrell powers into the second spherical at a WTA 250 event in Korea.
Seoul, Korea, 10 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Seoul, Korea
Kimberly Birrell’s quest to complete a career-best season contained in the world’s prime 100 has been given a lift, after scoring an opening-round win at a WTA 250 event in Seoul.
The 25-year-old Australian scored a 6-4 6-4 victory towards American qualifier Sachia Vickery on the hard-court event.
That is world No.102 Birrell’s sixth WTA-level main-draw win of the 12 months and units up a second-round showdown towards native wildcard Dayeon Again.
Again, a 21-year-old ranked No.569, upset world No.13 Jelena Ostapenko within the opening spherical.
> READ: Birrell displays on gorgeous 2023 resurgence
Aussies in motion – Seoul
RESULTS
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) d [Q] Sachia Vickery (USA) 6-4 6-4
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[WC] Ji-hee Choi (KOR)/Sohyun Park (KOR) d Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS)/Arianne Hartono (NED) 7-5 4-6 [10-6]
COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [WC] Dayeon Again (KOR)
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/Emina Bektas (USA) v Na Lae Han (KOR)/Su Jeong Jang (KOR)
Hong Kong
The resurgent Daria Saville continues to impress in her comeback from knee surgical procedure, qualifying for a WTA 250 event at Hong Kong this week.
The 29-year-old Australian edged out a 4-6 7-5 6-3 victory towards Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic within the ultimate qualifying spherical.
Saville, who has now received 11 of her previous 18 matches, will face third-seeded Belgian Elise Mertens within the opening spherical.
> READ: Saville’s rating on the rise
Priscilla Hon is already by to the second spherical, after beating native wildcard Eudice Chang 7-5 7-5.
That is 25-year-old Hon’s first main-draw win at tour-level since beating world No.17 Petra Kvitova on the Adelaide Worldwide in January 2022.
Aussies in motion – Hong Kong
RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, ultimate spherical
[5] Daria Saville (AUS) d [3] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) 4-6 7-5 6-3
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Priscilla Hon (AUS) d [WC] Eudice Chong (HKG) 7-5 7-5
COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Daria Saville (AUS) v [3] Elise Mertens (BEL)
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [5] Anna Blinkova
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
Priscilla Hon (AUS)/Yang Ya Yi (TPE) v Hsieh Yu-Chieh (TPE)/Ekaterina Yashina
> READ: Saville, Birrell named in Australia’s Billie Jean King Cup crew
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