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Bulgaria's Pironkova Out of Rome Tennis Tournament [May 14, 2012] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has been thrown out of the tennis tournament in Rome after losing in the first round. Pironkova lost 0:6, 1:6 to American Vania King at the start of the tournament, making 2012 the fourth consecutive year in which she fails to make it to the second round of the contest in Rome. Pironkova has thus registered her fifth loss in a row, and her ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Out of Doha Tournament [Feb 17, 2012] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has been beaten in the third round of the tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar. Pironkova lost 3:6, 3:6 on Friday to French tennis star Marion Bartoli, which is currently ranked seventh in the world. The Bulgarian got the lead in both sets but in both Bartoli eventually turned the score around. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Scores 2nd Hopman Cup Victory [Jan 06, 2012] Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov and Tsvetana Pironkova defeated the US 2-1 in their last Hopman cup encounter, thus finishing second in Group A. The mixed doubles game had to be decided in just one long set, as Dimitrov had to catch a late-evening plane to Sydney ? and the Bulgarians won it 8-5. Prior to that, the best Bulgarian male tennis player won against world number eight Mardy Fish of the US ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria rallies past Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria beats Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria wins mixed doubles over Denmark to clinch Hopman Cup win [Jan 04, 2012] PERTH, Australia ? Bulgaria?s Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark?s Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. The Bulgarians won the mixed doubles 3-6, 6-4, 10-1 in the match tiebreak, leaving both teams with 1-1 records in Group A. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria beats Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Upsets Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria recorded its first ever victory at Hopman Cup, upsetting strong favorites Denmark 2-1 in Group A. Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov won 3:6, 6:4 (10:1) against Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen in the decisive mixed doubles game on Wednesday. Prior to the decisive clash, world number one Caroline Wozniacki got off to an early morning 9:30 a.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria beats Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. The Bulgarians won the mixed doubles 3-6, 6-4, 10-1 in the super tiebreak, leaving both teams with 1-1 records in Group A. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Clinches First Hopman Cup Victory [Jan 02, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov won the mixed doubles 2-6 6-3 (11:9) at the country's Hopman Cup debut in Perth, Australia. Pironkova said she enjoyed playing the mixed doubles alongside Dimitrov on Monday even if she didn't serve an ace at Tomas Berdych. "It feels very good to make an ace which I didn't but that was my point.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Defeated at US Open [Sep 01, 2011] China's Peng Shuai cruised through Bulgaria's tennis hopeful Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament. Thus, Pironkova failed to repeat the feat she did at Wimbledon, where she defeated No.2-seeded Venus Williams in straight sets and reached the quarterfinals.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Advances at US Open, Dimitrov Out [Aug 30, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis hopeful, Tsvetana Pironkova, is through to the second round at the US Open Grand Slam tournament after easing past France's Virginie Razzano 6-2 6-3 in one hour and 19 minutes. Pironkova is now to face China's Shuai Peng, who also had a comfortable win over American Varvara Lepchenko 6-3 6-4 in her first round. Shuai Peng is currently ranked No.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Advances to Quarterfinals in Palermo [Jul 13, 2011] Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria's highest-ranked tennis player, defeated Romanian Sorana Cirstea to enter into the quarterfinals of the 2011 WTA International tournament in Palermo, Italy. As the two played for the first time against each other in a WTA tournament, Pironkova had to overcome a tough start. Cristea won the first set, but the Bulgarian managed to pull off a comeback ? 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Wins Palermo Opener [Jul 12, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova is through to the second round of the Palermo tournament after she beat Georgian Anna Tatishvili 6-2 7-5 in one hour and 30 minutes. Both players traded breaks regularly in the match, with world number 83 Tatishvili giving up her serve seven times and Bulgarian Pironkova saving just one of the five break-point opportunities she conceded ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Loses Wimbledon Quarter Final to Kvitova [Jun 28, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has lost the women's singles quarter final match at Wimbledon 2011 to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. Even though she put up a great fight, especially in the second set, and even though the audience of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, was cheering for Pironkova lost 2:1 (3:6, 7:6, 6:2). She did ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Stuns Venus Williams at Wimbledon Again [Jun 27, 2011] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova produced a brilliant display on Monday to score a historic victory over Venus Williams at Wimbledon for the second time, making her way to the quarter-finals. In one of the most fascinating match-ups of the tournament, the Bulgarian top female tennis player clinched her victory against the US star confidently 6:2, 6:3. Pironkova and Williams faced off after on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Kicks Zvonareva Out of Wimbledon [Jun 24, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has crushed second-seeded Vera Zvonareva in the third round of Wimbledon. Pironkova beat Zvonareva 6-2, 6-3 on Friday, avenging her loss to Zvonareva at the semi-final of last year's Wimbledon, which Zvonareva won in three sets to reach the first of her two Grand Slam finals in 2010. The 32nd-seeded Bulgarian broke four times and saved six ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Defeated at Roland Garros [May 25, 2011] Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria's top female tennis player, failed to advance to the third round of the Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament, losing 4:6, 2:6 to Argentine Gisela Dulko. The Bulgarian, seeded 32nd, had her chances in the first set, but her opponent succeeded in braking her service game. In the second set, the Argentine took a 3:0 lead and Pironkova was unable to get back into the game ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Advances at French Open [May 22, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player, Tsvetana Pironkova, is through to round two, completing a 7-5 6-3 win over Australia's Casey Dellacqua at the French Open tournament. Pironkova made two unforced errors all game and while even though she experienced some differences in the first set against the 26-year old Australian, ranked 317th in the world, she secured herself 100 WTA points and EUR 25 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Tennis Stars Move Up in Rankings [Apr 18, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov and Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria's best male and female players respectively, have both moved one place up in the ATP and WTA rankings. Dimitrov has progressed to 70th in the ATP ranking list, improving on his record high position for a Bulgarian male tennis player. The 19-year old hot prospect will play Argentina's Juan Monaco in the first round of the prestigious Barcelona ... [via YahooNews] More >>