Zvonareva is looking for her third Pattaya title and led 5-1 in the second set before being broken when she tried to serve out the match. However, she broke right back to clinch the victory.

The eighth-ranked Zvonareva will play Sorana Cirstea of Romania, who beat Japan’s Misaki Doi 6-2, 6-2.

Thai veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn also advanced after saving three set points in the first-set tiebreaker to beat Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan 7-6 (7) 6-3.
 

In Paris, American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands finished off Kristina Barrois of Germany with her 10th ace Wednesday to secure a 7-6 (3), 6-2 win and reach the second round of the Open GDF Suez.

Barrois rallied from a 4-1 deficit to force a first-set tiebreaker. But Mattek-Sands won six straight points to take the first set before breaking Barrois twice in the second.

Roberta Vinci of Italy, Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic and Monica Niculescu of Romania also advanced.

The seventh-seeded Vinci beat Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 6-4.

Niculescu outlasted Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in an erratic match that saw 14 service breaks.

Zakopalova cruised past French wild card Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-1 by winning eight straight games to take the first set and a 5-0 lead in the second.

On Tuesday, French Open champion Li Na of China and Serbia's Jelena Jankovic were both forced to withdraw because of injuries.

Third-seeded Li withdrew while trailing Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 7-6 (7/5), 3-2 in their first round tie at the Paris-Coubertin Stadium.

Li was visibly suffering with a back problem and finally called it a day after receiving treatment courtside.

"I hurt myself in the Fed Cup at the weekend," explained Li.

"It had gotten better since and this morning it didn't hurt. But the stab of pain returned, very strong and I couldn't continue.

"I don't know if it's because of the Fed Cup, maybe I'm getting old as well," added Li, who turns 30 later this month.

Earlier world No.  13 Jankovic, the fourth seed, withdrew after failing to recover from a left thigh injury she picked up during her win over Belgium Kirsten Flipkens in Serbia's Fed Cup World Group first round success last weekend.

"I had hoped that after treatment I could still play here but unfortunately it's impossible," said Jankovic. "Australia (Open) and the Fed Cup and then here, that's a lot. But it's important for me to play for my country."
 
Sanchez Vicario says $60M in career winnings gone

In Madrid, former tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario said in a book published Tuesday that her parents lost an estimated $60 million in career earnings through mismanagement.

The 40-year-old Sanchez Vicario said her parents were obsessed with her tennis career and controlled most aspects of it. She said she’s estranged from her parents and brothers Emilio and Javier, former tennis players.

The four-time Grand Slam singles champion said she got a monthly payment from her father and trusted him to invest the rest.

“I never doubted that my father would manage my assets in the most efficient and beneficial way,” she wrote.

She retired in 2002, and after “breaking free” of her parents’ influence, “the surprise came. Then, the disappointment. The surprise of finding myself without resources after a career full of successes and therefore winnings.”

She added: “They left me with nothing and I owe the tax authorities.

“How can it be that everything I achieved has vanished, that it does not exist?”

Sanchez Vicario’s mother, Marisa, responded in an open letter to Spanish media on Monday that she and her husband were devastated by their daughter’s accusations.

Lengthy excerpts of the book ran in the newspaper El Mundo over the weekend.

Marisa Vicario Rubio insisted “we never took advantage of Arantxa and under no circumstances is she broke.”

She said her 75-year-old husband, Emilio, has a weak heart, intestinal cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

Sanchez Vicario won three French Open titles and the US Open. She added 10 more Grand Slam doubles or mixed doubles titles.

She helped Spain win the Fed Cup five times, and was the first Spanish woman elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2007.

In December, she became Spain’s Fed Cup captain.