Kimberly Birrell routs Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kimberly scored 74 points vs. the Dutch’s 57.
Birrell
Birrell served pretty well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (16/31) on her second serve. Kimberly won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Kerkhove
On the other side, the Dutch wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Birrell and Kerkhove is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Kimberly Birrell vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Birrell will take on Alexandrova in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Birrell was too strong to concede barely 1 game before breaking Kerkhove 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Lesley was eclipsed in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Birrell converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Birrell didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Lesley (32-25). Birrell dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the court, the Dutch conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Birrell converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Lesley was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They played 76 points. Kimberly was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Lesley (43-33). Kimberly dropped 17 points on serve (29-17). In addition, on the other side, Lesley conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
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