Bulgaria's Pironkova to Face Kvitova at Wimbledon Quarter-Final

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

After kicking Venus Williams out of Wimbledon on Monday, Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova will play a quarter-final match Tuesday afternoon.

Pironkova, seeded 32, will face the eighth-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.

Kvitova hasn't dropped a set yet headed into the quarterfinals and has faced the 29th (Vinci) and 19th (Wickmayer) seeds on her way to today.

Pironkova however has defeated Zvonareva (2) and Venus Williams (23) on her way. She too has yet to drop a set.

Pironkova has lost both of her matches against Kvitova to date – in 2008 in Zurich and Paris. However, the two have never had a faceoff on a grass court.

In the other Wimbledon women's singles quarter-finals Sabine Lisicki will play Marion Bartoli, Tamira Paszek is up against Victoria Azarenka, and Dominika Cibulkova against Maria Sharapova.

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