US Open: Bulgarian Tennis Star Tsveti Pironkova Beats Vekic
Bulgaria's best female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has made it to the second round at the London Olympics tennis tournament.
Pironkova beat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 Saturday afternoon in the first round of the tennis tournament of London 2012 at All England Club.
This is Pironkova's first win over Cibulkova, who had triumphed in all of their five matches before that.
In the second round of the London Olympics tennis tournament, Bulgaria's Pironkova will face Italy's Flavia Pennetta.
Bulgaria's athletes won a total of three medals – two silver and one bronze - in this year's Paralympic summer games in London.
Bulgarian Stela Eneva won a second silver medal in the London 2012 Paralympics in the women's shot put discipline (F57/58).
Bulgarian Radoslav Zlatanov won a gold medal at the long jump (F13) contest at the London 2012 Paralympics.
Star US swimmer Michael Phelps might have his 6 medals from the London 2012 Summer Olympics taken away for having participated in a commercial photo shoot.
The Bulgarian flag that was carried by star veteran gymnast Yordan Yovchev at the London Olympics opening is being auctioned off by the organizers of the games.
Stefka Kostadinova, President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, BOC, assesses the performance of the Bulgarian athletes at the 2012 London Olympics as "very weak.
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