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 | Rain interrupted the meeting Pironkova couples24-06-2011 |
Rain interrupted the meetings of the fifth day of the British Open in tennis.
On court number 16 was interrupted doubles match of the first rocket Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, who today defeated Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-2, 6-3 and qualified for the fourth round of singles.
Pironkova and her South African partner Chanel Sheepers play against ninth-seeded Julia Gyorges (Germany) and Maria Kirilenko (Russia).
This is the second break of the match. First he was suspended last night due to onset of darkness at 1-1 seta.Parviyat set was won by Sheepers and Pironkova 6-2, but then Gyorges and Kirilenko took the second half after a controversial 7-5.
Today, the meeting was interrupted at 1:1 and 40:40 in the third set.
Court # 1 is interrupted and the meeting of world No 1 Rafael Nadal in men (Spain) and Gilles Muller (Luxembourg). Nadal won the first set tiebreak 7-6 after (8:6).