NOTTINGHAM, England, June 19 (UPI) -- Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan won his first grasscourt title at the Nottingham Open Saturday with a comeback against Sweden's Thomas Johansson.
The top seed, Srichaphan rallied for a 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory after losing the first set in just 20 minutes and trailing 4-1 in the second.
Srichaphan now has just one day off before playing his first round match at Wimbledon, where he will face Ivo Karlovic, the 6-10 Croatian who defeated defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in the first round last year.
"I don't think I am ready to win a Grand Slam yet," admitted Srichaphan, who reached the fourth round at the All England Club last year and beat Andre Agassi in the second round in 2002.
Johansson, who is in the same section of the draw as Srichaphan, faces Germany's Nicolas Kiefer on Monday.
The start of the match was delayed by rain.
