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 | Maggie Maleeva will play only doubles for Fed Cup24-01-2011 |
Returned to former tennis world number four Magdalena Maleeva will play only doubles for the Fed Cup. Our national team will compete in Zone 1 of the Euro-African group and the matches will take place between 2 and 5 February in Israel. Captain Dora Rangelova squad that will travel to Eilat - Maggie Maleeva, Tsvetana Pironkova, Dia Evtimova and Elitsa Kostova.
Maggie Maleeva revealed that will be trained at full speed in the last month to be ready to race in Israel. After nearly five years and a half off the court, tyae again will help the Bulgarian tennis as a player. As she explained, however, this will happen only in pairs, not planning return to the big sports. Not yet known who will be the second player in the match in doubles, most likely it will be Tsvetana Pironkova.
Maggie Maleeva end his racing career in 2005 as the last game in the playoffs for Bulgaria to enter the World Group against Japan. In September last year our renowned tennis player won the state championship title in Plovdiv.
This week the team will prepare in Cyprus, on Saturday the team will travel directly to Israel. The composition is fully equipped with the necessary masseur, doctor and sparring partner.
The camp in Cyprus will also attend Victoria Tomova and Annie Vangelova, but will not travel with the team for Israel, but will be prepared by the national Chamber to be part of a team atmosphere.
"I do not exclude the possibility of playing both climb to a higher group and to remain, but our main goal is to keep the current group. I want to blagodarya the Bulgarian tennis federation rendered our support before the tournament. The Federation has provided us with excellent conditions for training, "said Dora Rangelova.
Major role in the return of Maggie Maleeva played on the court just Rangelova Dora, which has convinced the former No. 4 that is required of the team.