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Sesil Karatantcheva returns to the tennis court with a victory at Roland Garros

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Sesil Karatantcheva started the qualifiers of the Grand Slam tennis tournament "Roland Garros" with a victory. She was off the court for almost four years due to maternity. Karatantcheva, who participated with the so-called "protected ranking", defeated 3:6, 6:1, 6:3 Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Mexico) in a game that lasted more than 2 hours.

 Karatantcheva earned 20 points for the world rankings and EUR 22,000 from the prize fund. Her next opponent is No 1 seed Camila Osorio from Colombia.  




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