Kimberly Birrell wins all-Aussie final in Seoul to claim maiden WTA title

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/birrell-kimberly/S4ljFw3g/"]Birrell[/a], the world number 60, got off to a slow start in Seoul, losing her opening service game to find herself 0-2 behind.[/p][p]But she soon righted the ship, taking the next four games before tidily serving out the first set.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joint-maya/AqLslEIk/"]Joint[/a], ranked 99th, collapsed in a scrappy second set, losing all four games on serve to open a path for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/birrell-k-S4ljFw3g/joint-m-AqLslEIk/?mid=0zbrohWj"]Birrell's triumph[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="35a864b7-1bd7-42f4-9df3-33ce116e486b" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2104120209120600238" social-type="twitter" /][p]The top seed, former French Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostapenko-jelena/Gloq9MUN/"]Jelena Ostapenko[/a], fell to another Australian, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/preston-taylah/Of1fjykI/"]Taylah Preston[/a], in the round of 16.[/p][p]Birrell was seeded second, and Joint was seeded fifth.[/p]