Bulgaria's Pironkova Stuns Venus Williams at Wimbledon Again
Sports | June 27, 2011, Monday // 18:59| views
Tsvetlana Pironkova of Bulgaria celebrates her victory over Venus Williams of the US in their fourth round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 27 June 2011. EPA/BGNES
Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova produced a brilliant display on Monday to score a historic victory over Venus Williams at Wimbledon for the second time, making her way to the quarter-finals.
In one of the most fascinating match-ups of the tournament, the Bulgarian top female tennis player clinched her victory against the US star confidently 6:2, 6:3.
Pironkova and Williams faced off after on Friday Pironkova crushed Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-3, avenging her loss to Zvonareva at the semi-final of last year's Wimbledon.
Shortly after that on Friday, Venus Williams beat Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-0, 6-2.
The 23rd-seeded Venus Williams is a five-time winner of Wimbledon, her last title being in 2008; she lost to her sister Serena in the 2009 final.
Venus Williams, however, has only one win against Bulgaria's Pironkova – back in 2005 in Istanbul.
In addition to beating Williams 6-2, 6-3 at the 2010 Wimbledon quarter final, Pironkova also beat her back in 2006 in the first round of Australian Open.
After crushing Venus Williams at Wimbledon for a second consecutive year, Bulgaria's female tennis star Tsvetana Pironkova commented she did not sweat too much scoring the win.
"I beat Venus Williams for a second year in a row. Reaching the quarter-final is a dream come true for me. I felt calm, there was no nervousness that usually grips you at a time like that," Pironkova commented after the match, as cited by Gong.
"I played well, I pressured her as firmly as I could. This is it, anything is possible. I wouldn't say it was hard, I tried to stay concentrated, to think about the next point," she said.
Bulgaria's Pironkova will face Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon quarter-final on Tuesday.
"I still haven't won against her. I know that it will be hard, but I hope for success," Pironkova declared.
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