Tennis, WTA – Nottingham Open 2024: Birrell upends Appleton

Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell reached the last 16 of the Nottingham Open by beating qualifier Emily Appleton 6-3, 7-5 at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Monday evening.

Birrell, ranked No 148, will face Italian qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini next.

Nottingham WTA 250, other 32 results (Nottingham Tennis Centre, grass, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Francesca Jones
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Yafan Wang
• Ena Shibahara vs. Emma Raducanu
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Rebecca Marino
• Daria Snigur vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Tatjana Maria vs. Emiliana Arango
• Magdalena Frech vs. Nao Hibino
• Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Yuriko Lily Miyazaki: 6-4, 7-5
• Karolina Pliskova (6) beat Alycia Parks: 6-4, 6-4
• Katie Boulter (3) beat Harriet Dart: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5
• Lucrezia Stefanini beat Lin Zhu (7): 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5
• Diane Parry beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-3, 6-2
• Heather Watson (WC) beat Kayla Day: 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Daria Saville beat Clara Burel (4): 6-3, 6-3