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Denislava Glushkova qualified for the second round of singles at the women’s clay tennis tournament in Heraklion (Greece) with a prize fund of 35 thousand dollars.
The Bulgarian made a definite turnaround and prevailed over the second in the scheme and number 220 in the world ranking Marie Benoit (Belgium) with 2:6, 6:1, 6:0. The meeting lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes.
In the second round, Glushkova will play against the representative of the hosts Dimitra Pavlu.
Last week, at another tournament in Heraklion (Greece), the 20-year-old Bulgarian reached the final, where she lost 3:6, 3:6 to the number 1 ranked Pia Lovrich from Slovenia.