Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova Crashes Out of Australian Open

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Tsvetana Pironkova was defeated by Dominika Cibulkova in an Austrian Open match played Thursday.

Cibulkova, last year's Australian Open finalist, beat Bulgaria's top female tennis player 6:2, 6:0, thus having achieved a total of eight victories against Pironkova.

The only success of the Bulgarian player against her Slovak opponent was during the 2012 London Olympics, with 7:6(4), 6:2.

Pironkova is now leaving Australian Open for a tenth time. Six of her attempts have ended with a defeat in the second round.

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