Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria won her 4th match after her comeback to tennis after a break of more than 3 years, reaching the US Open quarter-finals for the first time.
She won the 1/8 finals match in New York versus Alizé Cornet, France by 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3, after almost three hours of play.
Pironkova will be playing her next match versus Serena Williams, holder of 23 Grand slam titles.
20-year-old Bulgarian sports talent Karlos Nasar, the Olympic champion in weightlifting, is the winner of the 2024 Sports Icarus Award of the Bulgarian Sports Foundation. Nassar won the gold medal at the Paris Games in the 89 kg category, setting two..
Bulgarian Olympic silver medallist Boryana Kaleyn will give a master class for gymnasts in Monterrey (Mexico) from 5 to 8 December. Kaleyn will then hold a master class in Langreo (Spain) from 13 to 15 December. Bulgarian Boryana Kaleyn wins..
Today, President Rumen Radev awarded prominent Bulgarian athletes with the Presidential Badge of Honor. At a ceremony at the presidential institution, Nonka Matova, Tanya Bogomilova, Vessela Letcheva, Armen Nazaryan, Albena Denkova and Ivet Lalova..
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