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).
In one of the mountains near Sofia - Vitosha, a new mountain race - Hut Hop Race will take place today starting at 10 am. The race is a run/walk with elements of map orientation using any navigational aids. Organizers are Kiril Nikolov "Dizela",..
Nurgyul Salimova scored her first victory at the Grand Prix chess tournament in the Kazakh city of Shymkent . In an eighth-round match, she defeated Mongolia's Batkhuyag Munguntuul with the black pieces. Salimova took the initiative from the start and..
Arm wrestling is rarely talked about in Bulgaria as a prestigious sport, but we can boast with being a world power in this sport as our athletes have become European and world arm wrestling champions more than once. Thanks to athletes such as Plamen..
+359 2 9336 661