Kim Birrell has won the first WTA-Tour level singles final of her career, winning an all-Australian final against Maya Joint in straight sets in Seoul.
The 28-year-old won the final of the Korea Open 6-4 6-2 on Sunday, beating Joint in their first meeting on the WTA tour and the first all-Australian singles final on the tour since 2017.
Joint started brightly and secured an early break to take a 2-0 lead, but Birrell quickly turned the match and broke the 20-year-old twice on her way to claiming the opening set 6-4.