Bulgaria's Pironkova Draws Tough Opposition for Sofia Tournament

Sports | October 28, 2013, Monday // 13:46| views

The 8 participants in the WTA Tournament of Champions pose in front of Sofia's Alexander Nevski Cathedral. Photo by BGNES

The draw for the group phase of the tennis WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia took place on Monday.

Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova will be in the company of Serbian Ana Ivanovic, Russian Elena Vesnina, and Australian Samantha Stosur in group "Sredets".

The other group, "Serdika", will be disputed among Simona Halep of Romania, Alize Cornet of France, and Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

The top 2 women from each group will progress to the semifinals. The matches start on Tuesday, in Sofia's Arena Armeec.

Tags: Tsvetana Pironkova , Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova , Maria Kirilenko , Alize Cornet , Ana Ivanovic , Elena Vesnina , Simona Halep , Samantha Stosur , WTA , Tournament of Champions , Arena Armeec