Kimberly Birrell stuns Donna Vekic 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in Chennai on Friday after playing a fantastic match to play Joanna Garland in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Kimberly added to her prize money $ 5,150 after winning this match. She has already won $ 11,970 as of now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 9,514 to her earnings to get in total $ 21,484.
Highlights Kimberly Birrell vs. Donna Vekic Chennai Open – Chennai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kimberly scored 58 points vs. Vekic’s 31.
Birrell
Birrell served pretty well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind her first serve, and she won 80% points (12/15) on her second serve. The Australian won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 44%
(4/9) of the procured opportunities.Vekic
On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Birrell and Vekic is 2-2
.Draw and next match H2H: Kimberly Birrell vs. Joanna Garland – stats
Birrell will play Garland in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Joanna Garland since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Chennai
- Joanna GarlandGarland – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-2 7-62)
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-0)
- Janice TjenTjen – Mia PohankovaPohankova (6-3 6-1)
- Lanlana TararudeeTararudee – Polina IatcenkoIatcenko (6-0 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H details and stats