OEIRAS, Portugal: Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq rallied to overhaul Czech top seed Tomas Berdych 0-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday to win his second career title with victory at the Portugal Open.

The world number 62 becomes the sixth tournament winner over the age of 30 this year on the ATP with his victory in two hours, nine minutes against the world number six.

Berdych was the South American’s second top 10 victim of the week after putting out ninth-ranked Milos Raonic of Canada in the quarterfinals.

“This is truly a dream for me,” said the winner, who found his form just in time after losing the opening set in 28 minutes.

But the South American baseliner, whose on-court grunting has irritated a string of rivals in recent years, regained his poise and slowly began to make inroads against the top seed playing on a wild card.

“To win this title today, I had to beat one of the best in the world. It was an honor to play and to win this final,” he said.

“It was really tough for me at the start, he was playing very aggressive. But I managed to slowly lift my game and get into the match.

“For me, the second set was like starting everything all over again. I managed to improve throughout the second and third sets and somehow I got the win.”

Berlocq became the fifth Argentine to win at the venue after Juan Martin del Potro (2011, 2012), David Nalbandian (2002, 2006) Gaston Gaudio (2005) and Juan Chela (2004).

Berdych suffered only his sixth loss of the season while Berlocq improved his season record to 9-7.

Qualifier Klizan wins Munich title

In Berlin, qualifier Martin Klizan pulled off a shock victory over top-seed Fabio Fognini in Sunday’s final of the Munich ATP tournament to claim only the second title of his career.

The Slovakian, ranked 111th in the world, recovered from losing the first set to claim a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win which denied Fognini, ranked 13th in the world, his third straight title in Germany having won last season’s Hamburg and Stuttgart tournaments.

The 24-year-old Klizan, whose only previous ATP tournament win was in St. Petersburg in 2012, deserved his clay-court title having beaten Russian third-seed Mikhail Youzhny in the second round, then defending champion and second-seed Tommy Haas in Saturday’s semifinal.

The final was a low-key affair with Klizan suffering from abdominal pains, needing treatment in the first set and writhing in pain at each change while Italy’s Fognini had to be treated in the third set for the same problem.

Klizan picks up the winners check of 77,315 euros ($107,243) and a brand-new sports car.

Serena, Sharapova cruise; Djokovic withdraws

In Marid, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova eased through their Madrid openers Sunday but Novak Djokovic withdrew with the right wrist injury, which could compromise his French Open dream.

World number one Williams began the defense of her Madrid Open title with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over Swiss 17-year-old Belinda Bencic while Sharapova was equally untroubled in a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Czech Klara Koukalova.

Djokovic, the world No.2 who had been targeting Rafael Nadal’s number one ranking, was forced to pull out after failing to recover from his ongoing wrist injury.

It was a more difficult afternoon for fifth seed Petra Kvitova as she needed a final set tie-break to overcome Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7/4).

The former Wimbledon champion looked well on course for the second round after racing through the opening set, but was then broken four times in the second as the world No. 27 levelled the match.

Both women were more stable on serve in the decider as it went to a tie-break after just one break apiece and Kvitova eventually had too much to set up a meeting with American Varvara Lepchenko.

There were also wins for 11th seed Ana Ivanovic who overcame Madison Keys in straight sets 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) and Sloane Stephens who beat Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.