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Bulgaria's No.1 female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova defeated British number one Heather Watson 6:4, 6:0 in the first round of Australian Open on Tuesday.
Pironkova took 83 minutes to edge her way into the second round of the tournament, according to reports of dnevnik.bg.
Pironkova will next play last year's Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, who won the match against Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens 3-6 6-3 6-1.
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Daniil Medvedev has another opportunity to land a first Grand Slam title after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the Australian Open final.
Qualifier Aslan Karatsev continued his stunning run into the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday, beating an ailing Grigor Dimitrov 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 to become the first man in the open era to reach the last four in his maiden grand slam.
Grigor Dimitrov caused a big upset on Sunday by sweeping past last year’s finalist Dominic Thiem for a place in his fourth Australian Open quarter-final.
The ATP confirmed an updated schedule to the start of the new tennis season, which includes a delayed Australian Open which will now start 3 weeks later than planned.
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