Tsvetana Pironkova
Tsvetana Pironkova ( Bulgarian Цветана Пиронкова; * September 13, 1987 in Plovdiv ) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She plays in the German Bundesliga for Tennis TC Moers 08
- 3.1 Individual
- 3.2 double
Career
Under the care of her father Kiril Entschew (a former rowing champion ) Tsvetana began at the age of four years playing tennis. In 2005, she left for the first time sit up when she on the WTA Tour in Istanbul equal reached the semifinals in her debut, where she retired against Venus Williams. That same year she also came in Palermo to the semifinals.
In 2006, Pironkova could fix in the top 100 in the WTA world rankings. Her best results in the year included victories over Venus Williams ( first round of the Australian Open) and Anna -Lena Grönefeld (first round at Wimbledon ). In Stockholm, they again reached the semi-finals.
On 29 June 2010, she celebrated by far the biggest success of her career. As the number 82 in the world rankings, she defeated in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon five times the tournament champion Venus Williams clear 6:2, 6:3. Result, she became the first Bulgarian player in the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament, in which they then Wera Swonarjowa was beaten.
In 2011 she was able to return the favor in Wimbledon first. Through a smooth two set victory over Swonarjowa they moved into the second round, where she defeated Venus Williams again. But this time, she succumbed to the quarter-finals, even if only in three sets, the eventual tournament champion Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic.
2012 reached Pironkova in Hobart and in Doha respectively the knockout stages. In Brussels, Eastbourne and Båstad, she even drew a quarter-finals. At the Olympic Games in London she was disqualified in round two against Flavia Pennetta from. At the U.S. Open she succeeded for the first time then the first knockout round, where they - apparently hampered by a neck injury - against Ana Ivanović lost in two straight sets.
2013 succeeded Pironkova once again a good appearance at Wimbledon. After victories over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Mona Barthel and Petra Martić she was disqualified in the second round against the set at position four subsequent semi-finalist Agnieszka Radwańska.
At the beginning of 2014, Pironkova was able to play at the tournament in Sydney on the qualification to the final, where they could celebrate on the WTA tour against Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4 their first title. With Angelique Kerber in the final, Sara Errani in the quarter and Petra Kvitová in the semifinals she defeated three top -10 players in the last three rounds. After their victory Pironkova is fed back into the top 100 of the WTA rankings.