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 | Pironkova against Kuznetsova in the second round in Moscow18-10-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova will face sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) in the second round of the tournament on hard courts in Moscow Cup "Kremlin" with a prize of 721,000 dollars. 24-year-old Pironkova, 47th in the world at the moment, the side of the main scheme starts Petra Martic 6-1, after Croatian and reject because of injury, and the representative of the hosts cope with qualifier Alize Cornet (France), 6-3 6:3. 26-year-old Svetlana Kuznetsova is 19th in world rankings at the moment. Born in St. Petersburg player is 174 cm high and weighs 73 kg. It has 13 tournament wins singles, including two Grand Slam titles from the U.S. Open in 2004 and "Roland Garros" in 2009. Kuznetsova, a former world No. 2 has earned nearly $ 16 million in prize money in his career. The Russian has three wins in three games against Pironkova before. She won the first meeting between them with a 6-3, 6-1 in Warsaw in 2006. In 2008, Kuznetsova wins again with 7-6 (0), 6-2 in the Australian Open, and next season she beat Bulgarian with 5:7, 6:2, 6:4 in Dubai.