Third-seeded Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic defeated Nadia Petrova of Russia in her first round match at the 2011 China Open in Beijing on Monday, 3rd October.
Zakopalova, who has reached eight singles finals and won two, struggled for an hour and forty seven minutes before settling a 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1 victory over the higher ranked Russian.
