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 | Pironkova dropped in the second round6-04-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova dropped out in the second round of the clay courts in Spain kurortMarbeya in prize money 220,000 dollars. 5 seeded Pironkova lost 3:6, 4:6 by participating with "wild card" the former world No 1 Dinara Safina (Russia) for 96 minutes. 23-year-old from Plovdiv starts better with the break but then lost four straight games, which proved fatal to the outcome of the first set. In the second part Safina twice led to a breakthrough, but 36 th in the world Bulgarian able to match. 3:3 In the seventh game again Pironkova lost their submission, then 81 th in WTA ranking currently Safina lead with 5:3. The Bulgarian reduced to 4:5, but in the tenth game to serve their own 24-year moskovchanka not made a mistake and get to the final victory. Pironkova work for 30 points and world rankings in 2950 dollars, but also failed to pass a second round of the WTA tournament of the season.