Singapore Open: Joint battles past Parks to advance into second 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