Watson wins three-hour match at Thailand Open

Heather Watson has won nine titles in her career

British number six Heather Watson came from behind to beat Yulia Putintseva in the first round of the Thailand Open.

Kazakhstan's Putintseva, 28, is 44th in the WTA rankings, 116 places above Watson.

Watson will play South Korea's Na-Lae Han, who beat Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, on Wednesday for a place in the quarter-finals.

This month Watson failed to qualify for the Australian Open for the first time since 2011.

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