Pennetta Kicks Bulgaria's Pironkova Out of London Olympics

Bulgaria's Pironkova failed to make it beyond the second round for second Olympics in a row. Photo from tennis24.bg

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has failed to overcome Italy's Flavia Pennetta in the second round of the London Olympics tennis tournament.

Pironkova lost to Pennetta 5:7, 1:6 at All England Club Monday night.

This are the second Olympics in a row in which Pironkova fails to make it beyond the second round of the tennis tournament, after she lost in the second round in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, too.

Pironkova still has a chance to perform better at the London Olympics if she and Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov get picked to participate in the couples tournament. The 16 couples to compete in the tournament will be announced by the organizers on Tuesday.

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