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Sep 7, 2020; Flushing Meadows, New York, USA; Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria hits a backhand against Alize Cornet of France (not pictured) on day eight of the 2020 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
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Sep 7, 2020; Flushing Meadows, New York, USA; Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria hits a backhand against Alize Cornet of France (not pictured) on day eight of the 2020 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
US Open 2020 has already given us some entertaining matches following an insufferable break. Other than the marathon match between Serena Williams and Maria Sakkari, the pre-quarterfinal between Alize Cornet and Tsvetana Pironkova too had the viewers on the edge of their seats.
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On the verge of bowing out of the tournament, Cornet displayed immense will to withstand long rallies and scoreboard pressure and put on a show.
Pironkova had won the first set 6-4 and was leading the second set 6 games to 5. However, a cornered Cornet won a thrilling 40-shot rally to come back and clinch the set in the tiebreaker. Although Cornet fought well, Pironkova took the third set 6-3 eventually, pocketing the match and proceeding to the quarterfinals.
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In the last-eight round, Pironkova will meet Serena Williams. A face-off you could tag as the ‘battle of the mothers.’
A 40-SHOT RALLY!
If you're not watching this match, you need to.@alizecornet I #USOpen pic.twitter.com/0s5b1SZlYr
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 7, 2020
Cornet won a FORTY-shot rally as Pironkova was serving for the match at 6-4, 6-5
She then broke back and won the tiebreak (7-5) to level the match to a set apiece
It wouldn’t be a Cornet match without quality drama 😍 pic.twitter.com/ouuJol5Cl1
— Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) September 7, 2020
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Pironkova has returned to professional tennis after a 3-year hiatus. During the layover, Pironkova gave birth to a son and eventually returned to training. Evidently, Pironkova has overcome that challenge and is on a good run at the highest level of the sport again.
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Sep 7, 2020; Flushing Meadows, New York, USA; Alize Cornet of France serves against Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria (not pictured) on day eight of the 2020 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
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Tsvetana Pironkova is on a hunting spree
Pironkova had produced a major upset in the second round when she defeated 10th seed Garbine Muguruza.
“It feels great,” Pironkova had confessed. “It feels amazing. Of course, unexpected. But just super happy. It feels the same to me, it feels normal to me. I’ve been doing that for more than 15 years. I just had three years’ break. That’s kind of how I grew up, what I have been doing for a long, long time. You cannot just forget it like that. It just doesn’t happen that way, I guess.”
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The Bulgarian Pironkova is playing some great tennis at the US Open 2020. By defeating Cornet, the 32-year-old has made her way into the quarterfinals of the US Open for the first time.
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