Czech 10th seed Petra Kvitova survived a French Open scare to beat Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to advance to the second round on Sunday.
The two-time Wimbledon champion was two points away from defeat when she trailed the world number 57 at 4-5 in the decider.
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But she claimed the next three games to wrap up the win and goes on to face Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh for a place in the last 32.
Kvitova committed 10 double faults in a typically rollercoaster display in which she led by a set and had two breaks in the second against an opponent who made the Istanbul final on clay this season.
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