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 | Pironkova turned baptized and continues in Palermo13-07-2011 |
Tsvetana Pironkova showed a strong will and won for the third round of the tournament on clay in Palermo. Bulgarian lost his match with Sorana baptized, but defeat Romanians 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 and continue their participation in the race, which has a prize money 220,000 dollars.
The meeting, which lasted just over an hour and a half did not start well for the best Bulgarian tennis player and she lost the first set 2-6 against 21-year-old Romanian, who is 79th in the world.
Pironkova, who is seeded six in the main draw of the tournament in Sicily, but began quite differently the second set and managed to break serve on the cross the very start. Flower on two breaks, winning three consecutive games in the middle of the set and won it 6-1, which tied sets.
At 1-0 in the third set, the Bulgarian made a break for 2-0. By the end of the set, Pironkova was uninitiated, it won 6-1 and thus ultimate success record in the match. Pironkova, however, will have a hard task in the quarterfinals.
It most likely will face Flavia Pennetta favorites if you put at number one in the master plan fails to defeat Mathilde Johansson in the meeting between two of the second round.