The opening set went to Monnet, who took it 6-2. In the second set Büyükakçay seized the initiative, winning it 6-3 to force a decider. The match came down to a tiebreak, where the Turkish player was sharper, closing it out 7-5.
A familiar pattern for Büyükakçay
This is not the first time in recent tournaments that Büyükakçay has won after dropping the opening set. In the first round in Ankara, she lost the first set to Katarína Kužmová 2-6, then took the next two sets 6-4, 6-4. In the second round of that same tournament, the Turkish player lost to Deniz Dilek, 1-6 6-2 2-6. Before that, in Antalya, she was eliminated in the second round after a loss to Eva Bennemann, 4-6 4-6.