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 seen off defending champion and second-seed Tommy Haas in Saturday's semifinal. Klizan picks up the winners cheque of 77,315 euros ($107,243) and a brand-new sports car. Berlocq stuns Berdych Carlos Berlocq claimed his second career title with a 0-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Czech top seed Tomas Berdych in the final of the Portugal Open Sunday. Argentine world No. 62 Berlocq became the sixth tournament winner over the age of 30 this year with his victory in two hour, nine minutes against the world number six. He is 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). Serena, Sharapova move up 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 No. 1 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 No. 1 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). 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. — Agencies
