Qatar Open: Parks upsets 11th seed Shnaider in first round

American qualifier Alycia Parks advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by winning against Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 11 seed, 6-4, 7-6 (2) at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Sunday.

Parks, ranked No 90, will face the winner of the match between Ashlyn Krueger and wildcard Sofia Kenin next.

Doha WTA 1000, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.664.963, most recent results first):

• Yulia Putintseva vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Donna Vekic vs. Linda Noskova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Peyton Stearns
• Aoi Ito vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
• McCartney Kessler vs. Ons Jabeur
• Paula Badosa vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Elina Svitolina
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Magdalena Frech vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Xinyu Wang
• Emma Raducanu vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Katie Volynets vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Lulu Sun
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Zeynep Sonmez
• Greet Minnen vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Elise Mertens vs. Clara Tauson
• Maria Sakkari vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse: sunday
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Anna Kalinskaya: sunday
• Yue Yuan vs. Caroline Garcia: sunday