Bulgarian tennis player Valeriya Garnevska exited the W15 international tournament in Varna after a quarterfinal loss to Greece's Sapfo Sakellaridi.
Key facts
- •Valeriya Garnevska is a bronze medalist from the European U18 Championships.
- •The match against Sapfo Sakellaridi lasted one hour and 59 minutes.
- •The Varna tournament is part of the World Tennis Tour W15 category.
- •Bulgaria has hosted three W50 tournaments this year in Haskovo, Pazardzhik, and Plovdiv.
- •Upcoming W50 tournaments are scheduled for October in Burgas and Stara Zagora.
Seventeen-year-old Valeriya Garnevska was eliminated in the singles quarterfinals of the W15 World Tennis Tour event in Varna. Competing on a wild card, the Bulgarian player was defeated by the tournament's second seed, Greece's Sapfo Sakellaridi, in a match lasting one hour and 59 minutes.
By the numbers
Match Details
Garnevska lost the match with set scores of 5:7 and 2:6. In the first set, she recovered from a 0:5 deficit to level the score at 5:5 before dropping the final two games. In the second set, she fell behind 0:3, managed to narrow the gap to 2:3, but ultimately lost the next three games to exit the competition.
Tournament Context
The event is held at the Super Sport Tennis Club in Varna. With Garnevska's defeat, all Bulgarian participation in the tournament has concluded. The tournament is part of a series of international events hosted in Bulgaria, with upcoming W50 category tournaments scheduled in Burgas and Stara Zagora later this year.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by Sportal.bg.
