Post Tagged with: "Tsvetana Pironkova"
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Barthel and Flipkens to face each other in Hobart semis
Mona Barthel of Germany, the 9th seed in the Moorilla Hobart International tournament being played this week in the capital of Tasmania, beat the unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, to book her place in the semi final in the top half of the draw. These two players had not met before [...] -
Flipkens, Niculescu and Pironkova through to Hobart quarters
The Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, who is ranked at 51, took on the Serbian Bojana Jovanovski, who is ranked at 56, for a place in the semi finals at the Moorilla Hobart International on Wednesday. Flipkens is a wily all court player with great hands at the net and a good [...] -
Wozniacki to play Petrova in Tournament of Champions final
Even though home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova lost two of her matches in Group B in the round robin stage of the year end championship in Sofia – to Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko and won only one, against Jie Zheng – she made it into the semi final stage, courtesy [...] -
Petrova defeats Pironkova and wins Group B in Sofia
With two wins (against Jie Zheng and Maria Kirilenko) under her belt, Nadia Petrova took to the court to try to make it three in a row against the home favourite Tsvetana Pironkova, who had one win and one loss (to Jie Zheng and Maria Kirilenko respectively) to her name. [...] -
Petrova and Kirilenko win opening matches at Tournament of Champions
Fresh from winning the WTA Doubles Championships in Istanbul, Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko returned to action on Wednesday and duly won their first matches at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions. Kirilenko, the third seed, was first on court against local favourite Tsvetana Pironkova, who had come through a [...] -
Vinci beats Hantuchova in Sofia, Pironkova defeats Zheng
First on court on Monday on the first day of play at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions taking place this week in Sofia, Bulgaria, were Italian Roberta Vinci, seeded 4th and ranked at 16; and Daniela Hantuchova, seeded 7th and ranked at 32. Vinci has had a stellar season [...] -
Ivanovic back to her best, reaches US Open quarterfinals
The past few years have been tumultuous for Ana Ivanovic, but she is finally back in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. On Monday, she beat the gifted but unpredictable Tsvetana Pironkova with a 6-0 6-4 scoreline, breaking her opponent seven times and clocking an impressive 28 winners. The 2008 [...] -
Cibulkova and Stosur out of the Olympics
Play started today in the tennis event of the London Olympics in four of the five disciplines to be decided on the hallowed grass of Wimbledon. Matches were played in the men’s and women’s singles and doubles competitions, with the mixed doubles draw to be announced on July 31. In [...]
