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Viktoriya Tomova wins against former №5 in the world

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Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova has successfully started her participation in the WTA 125 clay tournament in the Spanish city of Valencia. She won 6:4, 6:3 against the former №5 in the world rankings Sara Errani from Italy. The Bulgarian secured 15 points for the world rankings, where she is 131th, as well as 2,000 dollars from the prize fund.

In the round of 16 she expects the winner of the match between Renata Zarazua (Mexico) and Varvara Gracheva (Russia).




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