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Two Bulgarian tennis players at Las Vegas semifinals

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Bulgarians Sesil Karatantcheva and Elitsa Kostova have made it to the semifinals of the hard court tennis tournament in Las Vegas, USA, with a prize fund worth 60,000 USD.

Seventh seeded Karatantcheva won a landslide victory 6:0, 6:1 over first seeded Louisa Chirico of USA, in a match a little over an hour long. On her way vying for the final she now faces Renata Zarazua of Mexico.

Eighth seeded Kostova eliminated in a dramatic match American Maria Mateas4:6, 6:2, 7:6(5) after three and a half hours on the court. Kostova’s next rival is fourth seeded Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia.




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