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 | Maggie Maleeva will participate in the National Championship24-09-2010 |
Former tennis star No. 4 Magdalena Maleeva will participate in state private championship for men and women that begins Sunday on the courts at TC Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Race on 26 September to 3 October with prize money 10 000 Euro.
Magdalena Maleeva, who is a former player from the national team for the Fed Cup, and later playing captain, will participate for the first time in official competition in nearly 5 years.
The last time she played the tournament for women in Zurich in October 2005.
In his successful career, the smallest of the three Maleeva sisters have 10 titles and 21 finals of tournaments in a chain of Women's Tennis Association, and 5 doubles titles, three Olympic appearances. It will play in Plovdiv with a wild card given by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation.
In extremely serious competition for the title in men would fight nine players with points in the rankings of the ATP. These are the national team for the Davis Cup Todor Enev, Valentin, Ivaylo Traykov, Number 1 tennis player in Europe in 16-year-olds of last season Dimitar Kuzmanov, Tihomir Grozdanov, Alexander Lazov, Serafim Grozev, Peter and Daniel Tarpov Trendafilov.
Of the remaining requested with the front rank in the national rankings is twice champion Ilia Kushev.