Kimberly Birrell aces Aoi Ito 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Osaka on Sunday. Birrell will fight against Suzan Lamens in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes.
Highlights Kimberly Birrell vs. Aoi Ito Japan Open Tennis Championships – Osaka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kimberly scored 61 points vs. the Japanese’s 47.
Birrell
The Australian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (9/18) on her second serve. Birrell was pretty good at converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).
Ito
On the other side, the Japanese was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Birrell and Ito is 2-0 for Kimberly.
Draw and next match H2H: Kimberly Birrell vs. Suzan Lamens – stats
Birrell will fight against Lamens in the final.
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Suzan Lamens since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Birrell conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Aoi Ito in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Birrell refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Aoi in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
A defining moment of this set was when Birrell won 5 consecutive games in the 1st
set to bring the scoreline from 0-3 to 5-3.Kimberly converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Japanese converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kimberly won just 2 points more than Aoi (32-30). Kimberly dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Birrell took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Aoi Ito in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Australian refused to bow to come back to break the Japanese 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Ito was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They contested 47 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Ito (29-18). The Australian lost 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Tennis Scores in Osaka
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