Top seed Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia needed three long sets to get past Japan’s Shuko Aoyama, American second seed Alison Riske defeated compatriot Jennifer Brady, while reigning Australian Open doubles champion Samantha Stosur, seeded fourth, is one match away from qualifying for the main draw thanks to her victory over Croatian Tereza Mrdeza. We have photos of these three triumphs of favorites, as well as of Zhu Lin‘s quick victory over Madison Brengle and Karolina Muchova‘s upset of fellow Czech Kristyna Pliskova.
Doha PHOTOS: Tomljanovic, Stosur move into the final round of qualifying
