Anhelina Kalinina conquers Kimberly Birrell 4-6 6-1 7-5 in the quarter in Brisbane on Friday. Kalinina will play Polina Kudermetova in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The Ukrainian added to her prize money $ 34,650 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 69,650 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Kalinina will add $ 51,085 to her earnings to get in total $ 120,735.
Highlights Anhelina Kalinina vs. Kimberly Birrell Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Anhelina scored 99 points vs. Kimberly’s 84.
Kalinina
Kalinina served pretty well to win 86% of the points (43/50) behind her first serve. However she won only 49% points (22/45) on her second serve. Kalinina didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Birrell
On the other side, the Australian had some problems converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kalinina and Birrell is 1-0 for Anhelina.
Draw and next match H2H: Anhelina Kalinina vs. Polina Kudermetova – stats
Kalinina will come up against Kudermetova in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Anhelina Kalinina and Polina Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Birrell snatched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Anhelina was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Australian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kimberly didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 66 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won just 2 more points than the Ukrainian (34-32). The Australian surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). On the losing side, Kalinina conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Kalinina enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Kimberly Birrell in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Kalinina improved her lead after breaking Kimberly in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of this set was when Anhelina won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Anhelina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, Kalinina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Birrell (26-18). Kalinina lost 5 points on serve (14-5). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kalinina grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before finally winning the set (7-5).
The Ukrainian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 73 points. Anhelina conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Birrell (41-32). Kalinina conceded 12 points on serve (27-12). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
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- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-65 6-3)
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (4-6 6-1 7-5)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 7-62)
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