Aliye Demirbag Stuns Kirsty Gilmour
Aliye Demirbag of Turkey created the upset of the opening day of the HYLO Open 2021 beating eighth seed Kirsty Gilmour in straight games.
· DEV SUKUMAR
Gilmour, semifinalist at the European Championships and the recent VICTOR Denmark Open, was beaten 21-19 21-15 by the world No.66. Demirbag, who hasn’t crossed the second round of any of her five previous events this year, will take on Ukraine’s Maria Ulitina.
There were a few upsets on the opening day.
In-form German pair Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel, semifinalists at the Denmark Open, fell to Scotland’s Christopher Grimley/Matthew Grimley 21-19 24-22. The Germans saved three match points and had two opportunities to force a decider, but their opponents closed it out on their fourth match point.