Kimberly Birrell shocks Anastasia Potapova 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 3rd round in Brisbane on Thursday. Birrell will seek to keep on going in this event against Anhelina Kalinina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Australian added to her prize money $ 17,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 35,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Birrell will add $ 34,650 to her earnings to get in total $ 69,650 in total.
Highlights Kimberly Birrell vs. Anastasia Potapova Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:46
At the end of the match, Kimberly scored 87 points vs. Potapova’s 68.
Birrell
The Australian served very well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (12/22) on her second serve. Birrell won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Potapova
On the other side, Anastasia was not so effective in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Birrell and Potapova is 1-0 for Kimberly.
Draw and next match H2H: Kimberly Birrell vs. Anhelina Kalinina – stats
Birrell will fight against Kalinina in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Anhelina Kalinina since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Birrell had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Anastasia Potapova in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Kimberly succeeded in coming back to break the Russian in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
The Australian converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Potapova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 106 points. Birrell was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Potapova (58-48). The Australian surrendered 12 points on serve (27-12). on the other side of the net, Potapova conceded 31 points on serve (36-31).
Birrell in this set played at a much higher level than Anastasia and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Potapova in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Kimberly converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 49 points. The Australian won 7 more points than the Russian (28-21). Birrell lost 8 points on serve (16-8). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-3 6-0)
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-4 1-6 6-4)
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Yue YuanYuan (6-1 6-4)
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-62 6-2)
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (1-6 6-2 7-5)
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 6-4)
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Suzan LamensLamens (7-5 6-0)
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H details and stats
