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 | Pironkova dropped out in first round2-10-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova dropped out in the first round of the tournament on hard courts in the Chinese capital Beijing with prize pools over 4.5 million dollars. 24-year-old Pironkova lost to the champion of the U.S. Open and No. 6 in the scheme Samantha Stosur (Australia) 4:6, 0:6 for 70 minutes. Stosur started strongly and led 4-1. Pironkova gradually stabilize your play, managed to break back and get to 2:5 4:5. In the tenth game Pironkova served to equalize the score, but allowed a new breakthrough, and with that loss and sets for 46 minutes. The second part of Australian totally dominated. Stosur won the first ten rallies and by the end of a game of Bulgarian. Pironkova, 45 in the WTA ranking, work 5 points for world ranking and 11,817 dollars.