Australian Kimberly Birrell advances to a WTA singles quarterfinal for the second time in her profession.
Seoul, Korea, 12 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Seoul, Korea
Kimberly Birrell is having a stellar week at a WTA 250 event in Seoul, the place she has superior to the quarterfinals in each singles and doubles.
That is the primary time the 25-year-old from the Gold Coast has achieved this feat at a WTA-level occasion.
The world No.102 secured her place within the singles quarterfinals with a ruthless 6-0 6-1 victory right now towards native wildcard Dayeon Again.
Again, a 21-year-old ranked No.569, had surprised the event’s second seed, world No.13 Jelena Ostapenko, within the opening spherical.
Birrell dominated their second-round encounter nonetheless, successful 91 per cent of first-serve factors within the 68-minute encounter.
This matches Birrell’s career-best singles end result at WTA degree, having made her first quarterfinal look at Merida in February.
To advance to a maiden tour-level semifinal, world No.102 Birrell might want to beat her doubles accomplice this week, American Emina Bektas.
It’s a golden alternative for each, with world No.116 Bektas additionally seeking to advance to her first WTA singles semifinal.
> READ: Birrell displays on career-best season
Aussies in motion – Seoul
RESULTS
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) d [WC] Dayeon Again (KOR) 6-0 6-1
Girls’s doubles, quarterfinals
[2] Marie Bouzkova (CZE)/Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/Emina Bektas (USA) 4-6 6-3 [10-2]
COMING UP
Girls’s singles, quarterfinals
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v Emina Bektas (USA)
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