WARSAW, Poland — Alexandra Dulgheru, a Romanian qualifier ranked No. 201, won the Warsaw Open on Saturday in her WTA Tour debut by beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-0.
In a match played in strong wind and twice interrupted by rain, the 19-year-old Dulgheru used an array of groundstrokes and drop shots to break her eighth-seeded opponent eight times. Bondarenko, ranked No. 39, was the runner-up in this tournament in 2007.
Dulgheru did not qualify for the French Open. Bondarenko takes on 20th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in the first round at Roland Garros.
AUSTRIAN OPEN: At Kitzbuehel, Austria, Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez won his first ATP Tour title, rallying past France's Julien Benneteau 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
STRASBOURG INTERNATIONAL: At Strasbourg, France, Aravane Rezai of France beat Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 7-6 (2), 6-1 Saturday to win her first WTA Tour title.