Yexin Ma vs Kimberly Birrell Prediction & Picks - WTA Korea Open
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by Bradley Gibbs | in Tennis Picks
Two players who locked horns as recently as July will once again meet during the very early hours of Thursday morning (for stateside viewers). Meeting for the fourth time as pros, Lexin Ma and Kimberly Birrell are both looking to forge a passage to the quarter finals of the WTA event in Seoul, South Korea.
At early odds of -125, Yexin Ma looks a little too leniently priced to, at the very least, stop Kimberly Birrell from winning this match in straight sets. The Chinese player is stranger to doing very well in this part of the world, while she's clearly in decent form right now. Factor in that she's defeated Birrell not once, but twice before and she really does appear to have a greater chance of pushing the Aussie than the early odds might indicate.
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Yexin Ma vs Kimberly Birrell Form
Yexin Ma and Kimberly Birrell Latest Matches
4/6 (67%)
2/6 (33%)
Sep 22, 2026 - WTA Korea Open
Sep 19, 2026 - WTA Korea Open
Sep 19, 2026 - WTA Korea Open
Aug 24, 2026 - WTA US Open
Jul 30, 2026 - Memphis Classic
Jul 28, 2026 - Memphis Classic
2/6 (33%)
4/6 (67%)
Sep 22, 2026 - WTA Korea Open
Sep 2, 2026 - WTA US Open
Aug 30, 2026 - WTA US Open
Aug 25, 2026 - WTA Monterrey Open
Aug 13, 2026 - WTA Cincinnati Open
Aug 2, 2026 - WTA National Bank Open
Yexin Ma against Kimberly Birrell : Head to Head (H2H)
100 %
0 %
Jul 28, 2026 - Memphis Classic
Yexin Ma - Kimberly Birrell Key Points
- Yexin Ma has not lost any of her last seven matches in straight sets.
- Since the end of the grass-court season, Kimberly Birrell has only won one out of seven matches in straight sets.
- Yexin Ma defeated Kimberly Birrell on a hard court as recently as July 2026.
- Yexin Ma has won two of her previous three matches against Kimberly Birrell.
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Our Yexin Ma vs Kimberly Birrell Prediction
As mentioned above, Yexin Ma can make this a much tougher test for Kimberly Birrell than the early market predicts. The fact that she defeated Kimberly Birrell as recently as July is clearly being overlooked by the early market, as is the fact that she's up against a player who has not been at the top of her game since the end of the grass-court season, winning only two out of seven hard-court matches.
Frankly, Ma is the more in-form player and she deserves to be respected as such.
Our Yexin Ma vs Kimberly Birrell Pick: Yexin Ma +1.5 Set Handicap.
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