Sunday’s schedule at the Qatar Total Open featured the second round of qualifying, while higher-ranked players were spotted practicing ahead of the start of main-draw play.
Coming to Doha on the wings of her Australian Open quarterfinal appearance, American world No.44 Jessica Pegula is through to the qualifying finals. The top seed edged Anastasia Potapova in the third-set tiebreak to advance on Sunday.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands wore a striking yellow Lucky in Love ensemble as she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets.
Seventh seed Kristyna Pliskova made short work of Zhu Lin.