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 | Pironkova launched against Georgian10-07-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova will play against Georgian Anna Tatishvili in the first round of the tournament on clay courts in the Italian city of Palermo in prize money 220,000 dollars.
Pironkova, 48 and in the world right now, is seeded sixth in the race. 23-year-old from Plovdiv has secured a point for the WTA rankings and 1725 dollars, informs BTA.
If successful over Georgian Pironkova will start 30 points and 2950 dollars, in the second round will play against the winner of the match between Sorana Cirstea (Romania) and Andrea Hlavachkova (Czech Republic).
21-year Tatishvili is 84th in world rankings at the moment. She is 171 centimeters high and weighs 62 kg. It has no tournament wins and has earned 322,705 dollars. The two have met before.