Amanda Anisimova vs Kim Birrell Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Anisimova to topple home hope

Seeded second after an outstanding 2025, Anisimova will be hoping to continue her magical form that saw her rise from outside the world's top 40 and into the top three. The American advanced to her first two Grand Slam finals at Wimbledon and the US Open and has a chance to accumulate more points and make up ground on the likes of Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka after a relatively quiet Australian summer last year. Meanwhile, Birrell absolutely loves playing at home in Brisbane and will be targeting a third top 10 scalp at the tournament, with the Aussie also making the quarter-finals last year.

Birrell is at her best in these conditions, where she has caught top 10 players cold at the start of the season on multiple occasions. However, I don't see it happening here. Anisimova was so impressive last year and I think she has a chance to crack the World No. 1 ranking in the first half of 2026. The American has won her last seven matches against players outside the top 50, but with Birrell peaking at this event, the Aussie can extend this match over 18.5 total games.

Anisimova was without a shadow of a doubt one of the best stories to come out of the WTA Tour last year.

After taking a lengthy break from the sport for mental health reasons, Anisimova returned with a bang, capturing two WTA 1000 titles in Doha and Beijing, along with reaching major finals at Wimbledon and the US Open.

Those results contributed to the American rising from outside the world's top 40 in February to a year-end mark of No. 3.

Still just 24 years of age, Anisimova qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time and made it out of the group to the semi-finals, beating Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys before going down to Aryna Sabalenka.

It was a rollercoaster year for Birrell in 2025, but at the end of the day, she ended it where she started - just outside the world's top 100 at No. 106.

Birrell launched the year in impressive fashion as she advanced to the quarter-finals of Brisbane, beating Emma Navarro along the way. That result helped the Aussie hit a career-high ranking of No. 60.

However, the 27-year-old suffered a long stretch of early defeats midway during the season, which saw her ranking drop considerably.

Birrell was able to salvage that ranking slide by making the final of the WTA event in Chennai before ending 2025 with a semi-final finish at an ITF event in Sydney.

The Aussie continued her love affair with the Brisbane International in her opening round, taking out Rebecca Sramkova 6-4 3-6 6-3.

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