Bulgaria's Pironkova Seed at Australian Open

Sports | January 13, 2011, Thursday // 11:38
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Pironkova Seed at Australian Open The Bulgarian tennis star Tsvetana Pironkova is among the seeded for Australian Open. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova landed at the 32nd and final seeding for the Australian Open, which starts in Melbourne next week.

This is the second consecutive time for the Bulgarian, who is world No.35, to be included in the main draw of a Grand Slam tennis tournament.

The reason is that three women ranked inside the top 32 will not participate – world No.4 Serena Williams, world No.9 Elena Dementieva and world No.27 Jie Zheng.

The fact that Pironkova is seeded will insure her an easier draw in the first two rounds of Australian Open and she will not have to face tennis players with higher ranks than her.

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