PARIS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- No. 8-seeded Klara Zakopalova rallied for a first-round victory Monday at the 21e Open GDF Suez tennis tournament in Paris.
Zakopalova won the final nine games of a 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 battle against Anabel Medina Garrigues. Medina Garrigues appeared to be in control after winning the first set and moving ahead 5-4 in the second. But Zakopalova held twice around her second break of the day to even the match and dominated the final set to advance.