Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in action against Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during the session 3 mixed doubles match of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia, 02 January 2012. EPA/BGNES
Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov, the most successful current Bulgarian tennis players, caught the attention of TV giant CNN which has included them in a feature.
Dimitrov (19) and Pironkova (24) participated in a demonstrative game against Bethanie Mettek-Sands and former Wimbledon winner Pat Cash in Australia's Perth, after which they gave interviews for CNN, the Bulgarian dnevnik.bg informs.
According to a representative of the Bulgarian tennis federation, the two Bulgarian youngsters are enjoying quite a big interest on behalf of local media at Hopman Cup where the Balkan country is making its debut.
On Monday, Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov won the mixed doubles 2-6 6-3 (11:9) against the Czech Republic.
However, the prestigious victory came after Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych won singles matches to give Czech Republic a 2-1 win over Bulgaria.
The Bulgarians are facing Denmark in their next games.