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 | Tsvetana Pironkova against Venus Williams in the fourth round at Wimbledon24-06-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova qualified for the fourth round of the British Open in tennis. 32nd scheme Pironkova in the second placed side Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-2, 6-3 for 77 minutes. In the next round Pironkova will face five times champion Venus Williams (USA) defeated Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain) 6-0, 6-2 31-year-old Williams is back on the court last week for the tournament in Eastbourne after a nearly 5-month absence because of injury. She won last Wimbledon in 2008. Because of his absence, it is number 23 in the main draw and occupies 30th place in the world rankings. Venus Williams, who is 185 centimeters high and weighs 73 kilograms, has 43 career titles and has won 27,750,151,000,000 dollars in prize money as a professional. Pironkova and Williams have played with each other three times, the Bulgarian has a positive balance of 2 wins and 1 loss. In 2005 in Istanbul Williams won 6-1, 6-3 but next season Pironkova took revenge with a 2:6, 6:0, 9:7 and at the Australian Open. Last year, Williams beat Pironkova 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.