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 | Pironkova meeting 103rd in the world at the start of Australian Open14-01-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova will face Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier, number 103 in world rankings in the first round of the Australian Open.
Pironkova is seeded 32 in the main draw for the first year Grand Slam. The Bulgarian has a game in his career against Parmentier - qualifying tournament in Paris in 2006. Pironkova won the game convincingly 6-1, 6-2.
If you overcome the first round, the Bulgarian will face Timea shveytsarkata Bachinski, 50th in the world, or Romanian Monica Niculescu, who is 86th in the rankings.
In the third round most likely potential competitor of our player is the sixth set in the master plan Francesca Skiavone.
Meanwhile the battle of the second round of qualifications Grigor Dimitrov Order against Moroccan El Amrani was postponed and will play tomorrow. The draw for the main draw was favorable for the qualifiers, with only six of 16 who pass presyavkite will be put up against players by only one of the top 10 of the world. Others entered in eight qualifiers will play tennis with Seat and two qualifiers will face each other in the first round of the tournament.