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Pironkova launched against Hungarian in Madrid30-04-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova will play against Hungarian Lamb Sava in the first round of the strongest tournament of the clay courts in the Spanish capital Madrid with a prize fund 3.5 million euros.
35 th in the world Pironkova has secured 5 points for the WTA rankings and € 7,825 for their participation in the main draw, where victory against Sava 23-year-old from Plovdiv will start 80 points and € 15,150. In the second round she may face the winner of the match between No. 12 Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia.
22-year Sava is 43 and in the world rankings. She is 171 cm is weighs 63 kg.
Hungarian is a former world number 13 from April 2008. She has five titles in his career and earned U.S. $ 2030657 in prize money.
The two have not met before, a match between them in Madrid last court "Arantxa Sanchez Vicario today and is expected to start after 19.30 hours local time.