Yue Yuan topples Birrell in the 2nd round to clash vs Mertens at the Libema Open. HIGHLIGHTS – ‘S RESULTS

LIBEMA OPEN - 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH DRAW AND RESULTS. Yuan ousts Birrell to come up against Elise Mertens in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Yue Yuan gets by Kimberly Birrell 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday. Yuan will square off with Elise Mertens in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Yuan
's-Hertogenbosch
Yuan's Record

The Chinese added to her prize money € 2,301 after winning this match. She has already won € 5,925 after this win. If she wins the next match, Yuan will add € 4,485 to her earnings to get in total € 10,410 in total.

Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Kimberly Birrell Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Yuan
Birrell
Yue Yuan
6-4 6-3
1h:36
Kimberly Birrell
76
76
Total points
62
62
32
32
Winners
28
28
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
68%
68%
1st in
71%
71%
68%
68%
1st won
57%
57%
32/47
32/47
1st won
28/49
28/49
36%
36%
2nd won
25%
25%
8/22
8/22
2nd won
5/20
5/20
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
3/5
3/5
50%
50%
Won
60%
60%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Yuan scored 76 points vs. the Australian’s 62.

Yuan

The Chinese was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).

Birrell

On the other side, the Australian was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Yuan and Birrell is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Yuan will take on Mertens in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Yue Yuan and Elise Mertens play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Yuan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Yuan won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2023.

Yue Yuan Draw info

1st
Yuan
Birrell
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Yuan
Birrell
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch

  • Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Carson BranstineBranstine (6-4 6-3)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-0)
  • Yue YuanYuan – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-4 6-3)
  • Suzan LamensLamens – Ann LiLi (7-64 7-65)
  • Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Lulu SunSun (6-0 6-4)
  • Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-0 7-5)
  • Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 7-64)
  • Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-4 6-1)

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