A TRAINING block at her home Southport tennis club run by her parents has helped propel Kim Birrell back onto the Australian Open big stage - and a $60,000 payday.

Under blue skies more redolent of her Gold Coast home than London, Kim Birrell has achieved the unenviable distinction of being the first player knocked out in a completed match at this year's ...

On a day when Alexei Popyrin, Kim Birrell, Chris O’Connell, Olivia Gadecki, James Duckworth, Talia Gibson and dual-Wimbledon quarterfinalist Ajla Tomljanovic all fell flat, Thompson dug deep to ...

Alexei Popyrin has been knockeed out of his first grass-court tournament of the season in Rosmalen. Photo: AP PHOTO Australian tennis hopes of an encouraging start to the grass-court season have been ...

In the women's event, world No.69 Birrell, who had defeated another Chinese Wang Xinyu in the first round, went down to Yuan Yue 6-4 6-3 in the last-16 to end the Australian interest.

In the women's event, world No.69 Birrell, who had defeated another Chinese Wang Xinyu in the first round, went down to Yuan Yue 6-4 6-3 in the last-16 to end the Australian interest.

Australian tennis hopes of an encouraging start to the grass-court season have been dashed as both Alexei Popyrin and Kim Birrell got knocked out of the annual pre-Wimbledon tournament at Rosmalen.