Bulgaria's Pironkova Loses Wimbledon Quarter Final to Kvitova

Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria serves to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during their quarter final match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 28 June 2011. EPA/BGNES

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has lost the women's singles quarter final match at Wimbledon 2011 to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.

Even though she put up a great fight, especially in the second set, and even though the audience of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, was cheering for Pironkova lost 2:1 (3:6, 7:6, 6:2).

She did make a comeback by winning the second set in the quarter-final women's singles match at Wimbledon 2011, originally scheduled for 1 pm GMT but started only at 5:38 pm because of rain.

After losing in the first set, Pironkova managed to come around in a very tough game against Kvitova, winning the second set after a tie-break.

Pironkova, who made it to Wimbledon's quarter-final after kicking Venus Williams out of the tournament for second year in a row, had never won against Kvitova.

The two had played only two matches, both in 2008, both won by the Czech tennis player.

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