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 | Pironkova against Marion Bartoli in Stuttgart17-04-2011 |
The first rocket Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova will face seeded eighth-seeded Marion Bartoli (France) in the first round of the clay courts at Stuttgart (Germany) in prize money 721,000 dollars. Frenchwoman is 27 years old and occupies 12th place in the world rankings. During his career, Bartoli five titles from the WTA tournaments.
Pironkova and Bartoli have played four times among themselves, as the Frenchwoman has 3 wins. But for the last Bulgarian won Wimbledon last year with 6:4, 6:4.
If Bartoli wins and qualified for the second round Pironkova will receive 60 points for world rankings and 9525 dollars in prize money.