Austin Open: Shibahara moves into quarter-finals
Ena Shibahara edged out Kimberly Birrell 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 on Wednesday night. She’ll face Australian wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic in the next round
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Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara edged out Australian Kimberly Birrell 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to move into the last eight of the Austin Open at the Westwood Country Club on Wednesday night.
Shibahara, ranked No 148, will play Australian wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic next.
In the previous round of the Austin tournament, the Japanese won against Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan (2-6, 6-3, 6-2).
Birrell, ranked No 76, defeated Chinese Yue Yuan, the No 4 seed (7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Austin tournament.
Austin WTA 250, other second-round results (Westwood Country Club, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Suzan Lamens vs. Greet Minnen
- McCartney Kessler vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Diana Shnaider
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Jodie Burrage: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-1, 6-3
- Anna Blinkova beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2
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