Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Victory for Tsvetana Pironkova at start of "Roland-Garros"

Photo: BNT

With an impressive victory, Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has qualified for the second round of the French Open, BTA has reported. The 33-year-old tennis player, who plays with a "wild card", won 6:3, 6:3 against German Andrea Petkovic for 73 minutes.

This is the second participation of the Bulgarian in a tennis tournament after more than three years of break due to motherhood. With the success today Pironkova secured 84 thousand euros and 70 points for the world rankings.

In the second round she will play against the winner of the match between Serena Williams (USA) and Christy Ann (USA).




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Grigor Dimitrov

Tennis: For the second consecutive year, Grigor Dimitrov nominated for sportsmanship award

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov has been nominated for the World Tennis Association’s Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. He will be vying against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, Casper Ruud of Norway and Dominic Thiem of Austria.   In 2023, Grigor Dimitrov..

published on 11/26/24 11:23 AM

Football: Bulgaria qualifies for a playoff for the Nation’s League second division

The Bulgarian national football team drew 1-1 with Belarus in the final round of the group stage of the Nations League.  Vasil Panayotov scored for Bulgaria in the 13th minute . Yury Kovalev from Belarus equalized in the 70th minute. Bulgaria..

published on 11/19/24 10:42 AM

Tennis player Grigor Dimitrov ends the year in top 10

Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov ended the 2024 season in the Top 10 of the world rankings. The 33-year-old Bulgarian has an asset of 3350 points and retains his 10th position. This is Dimitrov's best achievement since the end of 2017,..

published on 11/18/24 6:07 PM