Anastasija Sevastova shocks Birrell in the 1st round to play vs Paolini at the China Open – BEIJING RESULTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Sevastova upsets Birrell to play Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Anastasija Sevastova upsets Kimberly Birrell 6-3 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Beijing on Wednesday. Sevastova will play against Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sevastova
Beijing
Sevastova's Record

Sevastova added to her prize money $ 11,500 after winning this match. She has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sevastova will add $ 25,140 to her earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sevastova
Birrell
Anastasija Sevastova
6-3 7-61
1h:47
Kimberly Birrell
77
77
Total points
67
67
30
30
Winners
30
30
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
60%
60%
1st in
67%
67%
64%
64%
1st won
68%
68%
30/47
30/47
1st won
30/44
30/44
61%
61%
2nd won
36%
36%
19/31
19/31
2nd won
8/22
8/22
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
2/6
2/6
38%
38%
Won
33%
33%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Anastasija scored 77 points vs. the Australian’s 67.

Sevastova

The Latvian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Birrell

On the other side, the Australian was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sevastova and Birrell is 1-0 for Anastasija.

Draw and next match H2H: Anastasija Sevastova vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats

Sevastova will come up against Paolini in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Anastasija Sevastova and Jasmine Paolini fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Paolini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Paolini won 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in London back in June 2025.

Anastasija Sevastova Draw info

1st
Sevastova
Birrell
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Sevastova
Birrell
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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