Two Bulgarians have entered the main draw through qualifyings although only one won the final round.
Lyutfia Velieva(on the picture) stunned in a thrilling match conpatriot and number one seed Dessislava Mladenova. The Bulgarian who was the underdog in this derby showed great tennis and succeeded in her quest to the main draw defeating Mladenova 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-2. The other one to enter the qualifying was actually Desi as a lucky loser.
The other three Bulgarians lost. Nikol Hristova was very close to beating her opponent Ingrid-Alexandra Radu but she was overpowered and overrallied by her in a thrilling match which ended 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 4-6. Anastasia Stepu lost in a suprising match against Austrian Elizabeta Bauer 5-7 1-6. The same girl beat suprisingly in the second round Nadejda Vassileva 6-2 6-1. The third Bulgarian who won her first two matches in her womens career - Ani Vangelova - lost to number five seed Dunja Sunkic after 4-6 0-6. Ani had her chances in the first set but when she lost them she fell mentally and couldn`t do anything more.
The doubles event has also started with two Bulgarian duos reaching the quaterfinals. Number 1 seed Hyulia and Lyutfia Velievas defeated the other all-bulgarian dua of Shinikova and Vassileva in a very dramatic match 6-1 6-7(7) 10-8. The other all-bulgarian duo of Mladenova and Germanlieva defeated number 4 seed Akiki/Zafirova in two sets 7-5 6-2.
Singles Main Draw First Round With Bulgarians:
[Q]Lyutfia Velieva (BUL) vs. Polona Rebersak (SLO)
[8]Tanya Germanlieva (BUL) vs. [Q]Jovana Jaksic (SRB)
[LL]Dessislava Mladenova (BUL) vs. Martina Borecka (CZE)
[4]Dalia Zafirova (BUL) vs. [Q]Ingrid-Alexandra Radu
Doubles Main Draw With Bulgarians:
Kapshay/Stepu (BLR/BUL) vs. Jovanovic/Rebershak (SRB/SLO)
Doubles Main Draw Quaterfinals With Bulgarians:
[1]Velieva/Velieva (BUL/BUL) vs. Filipovski/Jaksic (HUN/SRB)
Germanlieva/Mladenova (BUL/BUL) vs. Chidrawi/Mladin (AUS/AUS) or Juhaszova/Malikova (SVK/CZE)
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