Russia's Anna Chakvetadze won her seventh career title from as many finals when she overcame Hungary's Agnes Szavay 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in the Paris Open on Sunday.

World number seven Chakvetadze, the top seed in the indoor event, needed over two hours to win a scrappy match with many unforced errors from both players until a thrilling third set, in which the pair played close to perfection.

Struggling with her serve, the 19-year-old Szavay found herself 4-0 down in the first set which Chakvetadze wrapped up after 37 minutes.

The rising Szavay, who has won two titles, fought back in the second set, which she won easily after opening up a 4-0 lead.

Chakvetadze, who made her breakthrough last year by winning four titles and reaching the U.S. Open semi-finals, then underwent treatment on a sore shoulder, which did not stop her from playing extremely well in the decisive set.

Szavay kept fighting but showed signs of nerves at the worst possible moment, handing her opponent two match points with a double fault.

She saved the first before bowing out with an unforced error on the second.

Chakvetadze, who turns 21 next month, will climb to sixth when the latest WTA rankings are released on Monday, with Szavay moving up two places to 18th.

Agnieszka triumphs

Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska survived a thrilling fightback by American Jill Craybas to win the Pattaya Open on Sunday and capture her second career title, adds Reuters from Pattaya.

Radwanska battled through a turbulent two-hour match to win 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 beating the determined Craybas 7-4 in a tense final-set tiebreaker.

Radwanska looked on course for another easy win after outclassing her error-prone opponent in the first set but the seventh-seeded Craybas turned the tables in the second.

Craybas's stinging returns started finding the court instead of the net, drawing the usually composed Radwanska into a string of uncharacteristic mistakes to force the decider.

The 18-year-old Pole came back fighting and stormed to a 5-1 lead but Craybas refused to give in, stunning Radwanska by saving two championship points and surging ahead 6-5.

Radwanska came out on top in a final game loaded with long, entertaining rallies to force the tiebreak.

Craybas, 33, who has not won a tournament in almost six years, said she was convinced her title drought was over.