PARIS - Spanish fourth seed Garbine Muguruza came back from a set down to defeat Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the French Open second round on Monday.
Spain's Garbine Muguruza in action against Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova during their first round match at the French Open on May 23, 2016
Muguruza, who has made the quarter-finals for the past two years, will take on French wildcard Myrtille Georges, the world number 203, for a place in the last 32.
But the 22-year-old Wimbledon runner-up was far from impressive in the two-and-a-half hour encounter.
After dropping the first set, Muguruza had to save nine break points just in the opening game of the second set.
She then allowed her 37th-ranked opponent, who has won just one match all year, to claw her way back from 0-4 down to 3-4 before the Spaniard settled herself to see out the win.
Muguruza fired 44 winners and 53 unforced errors and also saved 17 of 21 break points.