Singapore Open: Joint battles past Parks to advance into second round
Maya Joint edged out Alycia Parks 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 and will face the winner of the match between Rebecca Marino and Xinyu Wang in the next round

Australian qualifier Maya Joint reached the second round of the Singapore Open by edging out American Alycia Parks 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 at the Kallang Tennis Hub.
Joint, ranked No 109, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Rebecca Marino and Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 4 seed, next.
Singapore WTA 250, other first-round results (Kallang Tennis Hub, USD 275.094, most recent results first):
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Tatjana Maria
- Taylor Townsend vs. Elise Mertens
- Jil Teichmann vs. Harriet Dart
- Rebecca Marino vs. Xinyu Wang
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Renata Zarazua vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Simona Waltert
- Dominika Salkova vs. Erika Andreeva
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew vs. Sijia Wei
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Emma Raducanu: monday
- Ann Li beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-1
- Camila Osorio (6) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-7, 6-3