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Izabella Shinikova wins national championship 

Izabella Shinikova wins national championship

14.10.2011


Izabella is Shinikova new state tennis champion for women. In the final state championship, "BNP Paribas" today seeded the first beat in the second scheme Dahlia Zafirova with 4:6, 6:2, 6:3.

Vice-champion of the international tournament "Cup Varna" last month took the first set of the final match of the championship in BNTTS "Carlsberg", but then last year's finalist of the National Championships started to play very convincingly and easily won the second half, allowing only two games of their opponents.

In the third set followed numerous errors by Zafirova and a slight decrease in Shinikova game. 4:3 In the future champion on the court spectators witnessed the longest playing the game. Shinikova breakthroughs, then took his service game and triumphed in the title.

Finalists were awarded by the President of BTF Stefan Tsvetkov and CEO, "BNP Paribas" Sofia Branch Ulrich Schubert. The award ceremony began with a minute of silence in memory of Dr. Todor Todorov.

Medals for third place and received the Victoria Tomova Borislava Botoucharova. For success today Shinikova received a check for 2000 levs, and Zafirova - BGN 1,000 total prize fund of the championship is 15 000 EUR provided by the "BNP Paribas" - the general sponsor of the BTF.

Tomorrow starts the final at 10:00 in men, which will be televised live on Television World.



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