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).
The Bulgarian national football team drew 0:0 with Luxembourg in a Nations League match played at Hristo Botev stadium in Plovdiv. The national team was supported by over 16,000 fans, but that didn’t help it break through the opponent's defense...
Grigor Dimitrov lost 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 to 19-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik in the semi-finals in Shanghai . The match lasted two hours and five minutes. Mensik will meet Novak Djokovic, who beat Roman Safiullin 6-3, 6-2, in the quarter-finals. Next week,..
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has qualified for the round of 16 of the Masters tournament in Shanghai. The Bulgarian won 7:6(5), 6:2 against Alexei Popyrin (Australia). This has been the 4th match between the two..
Alexandra Feigin won the title at the international figure skating tournament "Bosphorus Cup" in Istanbul. The Bulgarian took the lead in the short..
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