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 | Pironkova is tension Kuznetsova, but dropped20-10-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova dropped in the second round of the tournament on hard courts in Moscow for the Kremlin Cup with prize money 721,000 dollars. 24-year-old Pironkova, 47th in the world at the moment, lost the sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) with 5:7, 5:7 to 1:52. Bulgarian started the match well and then break a 2-0 lead. Counsel for the hosts, however, leveled, and in the 11th game and a second break in his service won the first set 7-5 after 57 minutes of play. In the second part Kuznetsova 2-0 lead with a break, and Pironkova match. The Russian again made a breakthrough in the 11th game and then served for victory. Kuznetsova now has four wins in four games against Pironkova before. Bulgarian participation in ending the tournament in Moscow with 60 points and 10,050 dollars in prize money.