Zhengzhou, China

Ellen Perez has certified for the singles occasion at a WTA 500 match in Zhengzhou.

The 27-year-old Australian secured her spot in the principle draw with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 victory towards world No.101 Tamara Korpatsch within the remaining qualifying spherical.

“I felt like I did a great job to type of get the higher of her within the first set,” Perez stated after scoring her largest singles win in a yr.

“I received a 4-1 lead within the second after which she began to play rather well. I believe she performed a few of her finest tennis when she was behind.

“The perfect factor I believe I did was not panic after I misplaced that second set and simply type of went again to what I knew I used to be doing nicely and was working. It received actually shut in the long run, however I’m actually proud of the best way I fought and enjoying the best way I wished to play.”

Perez, who’s presently ranked No.456 in singles and No.25 in doubles, described qualifying as “satisfying”.

It’s Perez’s largest singles victory ranking-wise since October 2022 and marks the primary time she has gained back-to-back singles matches since Might.

“I’ve all the time believed that I may play actually good singles, it’s simply the case that my doubles received so excessive that my singles type of needed to take a bit little bit of a again seat,” she stated.

“Whenever you’re enjoying a number of doubles and also you’re not getting a number of alternatives in singles, you type of really feel such as you lose that contact and really feel for it a bit bit. So it’s been a battle however anytime I do get the possibility, I like to play singles.”

Perez now faces world No.28 Anhelina Kalinina within the opening spherical.

Aussies in motion – Zhengzhou

RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
Ellen Perez (AUS) d [6] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 6-4 5-7 6-4

COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Ellen Perez (AUS) v Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)

Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Timea Babos (HUN)/Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)

Hong Kong

Daria Saville has superior to the ultimate qualifying spherical at a WTA 250 match in Hong Kong.

The 29-year-old Australian, who’s presently ranked No.211 and rebuilding her rating after present process knee surgical procedure final yr, scored a 6-2 6-2 win towards Chinese language Taipei’s Tsao Chia Yi.

This units up a final-round showdown with Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic.

Saville is trying to be a part of compatriot Priscilla Hon in the principle draw.

Aussies in motion – Hong Kong

RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, first spherical
[5] Daria Saville (AUS) d Tsao Chia Yi (TPE) 6-2 6-2

COMING UP
Ladies’s qualifying singles, remaining spherical
[5] Daria Saville (AUS) v [3] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)

Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [WC] Eudice Chong (HKG)

Seoul, Korea

Australia’s top-ranked girl, Kimberly Birrell, is contesting a WTA 250 match in Seoul this week.

The world No.102 faces American qualifier Sachia Vickery within the opening spherical.

Aussies in motion – Seoul

COMING UP
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [Q] Sachia Vickery (USA)

Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS)/Arianne Hartono (NED) v [WC] Ji-hee Choi (KOR)/Sohyun Park (KOR)
Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/Emina Bektas (USA) v Na Lae Han (KOR)/Su Jeong Jang (KOR)