Results from the WTA tournament in Doha on Sunday (x denotes seeding): 1st rd Laura Siegemund (GER) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-3, 6-2 Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) bt Priscilla Hon (AUS) 6-2, 6-4 Bernarda Pera (USA) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-3, 6-1 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) 6-2, 6-2 Elise Mertens (BEL x16) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 6-1, 6-2 Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-6 (8/6), 0-6, 6-3 Karolina Muchova (CZE) bt Magda Linette (POL) 6-3, 6-1 afp