Kimberly Birrell downs Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty 7-5 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Chennai on Thursday. Birrell is going to play against Donna Vekic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes.

Chennai
Birrell's Record

Kimberly added to her prize money $ 2,350 after winning this match. She has already won $ 6,820 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 5,150 to her earnings to get in total $ 11,970 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Birrell
Bhamidipaty
7-5 7-62
2h:17
97
97
Total points
86
86
27
27
Winners
34
34
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
12
12
7
7
Double Faults
9
9
58%
58%
1st in
50%
50%
66%
66%
1st won
61%
61%
27/41
27/41
1st won
34/56
34/56
37%
37%
2nd won
34%
34%
11/30
11/30
2nd won
19/56
19/56
-- Break Points --
7/22
7/22
Total
6/9
6/9
32%
32%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 97

points vs. Shrivalli’s 86.

Birrell

The Australian won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 32% (7/22) of the procured opportunities.

Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty

On the other side, Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (6/9). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Birrell and Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty is 1-0 for Kimberly.

Draw and next match H2H: Kimberly Birrell vs. Donna Vekic – stats

Birrell will square off with Vekic in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Kimberly Birrell and Donna Vekic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Vekic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Vekic won 6-0 6-4 in the 1st round in London back in June 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Birrell 7-5
BirrellBhamidipaty
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
BirrellBhamidipaty
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BirrellBhamidipaty
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BirrellBhamidipaty
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BirrellBhamidipaty
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BirrellBhamidipaty
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BirrellBhamidipaty
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
BirrellBhamidipaty
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

The Australian won the set after she broke the Indian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the Australian didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-5.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Australian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1. Anyhow also the Indian won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5

The Australian converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (5-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 11th (5-5 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th (2-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).

They contested 89 points. Birrell won 7 more points than Shrivalli (48-41). Birrell dropped 13 points on serve (19-13). on the other side of the court, the Indian conceded 29 points on serve (28-29).

2nd Set -
Birrell 7-6
BirrellBhamidipaty
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
5
2
6
2
7
2
BirrellBhamidipaty
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
BirrellBhamidipaty
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
BirrellBhamidipaty
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BirrellBhamidipaty
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BirrellBhamidipaty
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
BirrellBhamidipaty
1
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BirrellBhamidipaty
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

Kimberly won the set after she broke Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Indian tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Yet, Birrell didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.

Birrell failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

Birrell wasted a good opportunity to break the Indian in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty lost the 5th game (3-2) when she was 40-0 up.

Tiebreak

Birrell won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Indian won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.

The Australian won the tiebreak 7-2 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

The Australian converted 21% of her break points (3/14). She had 14 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 40-A), the 6th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Indian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40).

They contested 94 points. Birrell was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Indian (49-45). Birrell dropped 20 points on serve (20-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty conceded 29 points on serve (25-29).

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

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