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Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova Ousted from Second Round in Madrid

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova was defeated in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday.

Pironkova was defeated with 3;6, 1:6 by Lucie Safarova in a match, which lasted 73 minutes, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Bulgarian suffered a heavy defeat and could not offer a considerable resistance to Safarova throughout the match.

ASALA victim calls for friendship

The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was an Armenian terrorist organization that operated from 1975 until the early 1990s. It conducted a series of assassinations against Turks throughout the 1970 and 1980s, killing 46 and injuring 299 people. Some 42 of the assassinated were Turkish diplomats.

Fenerbahçe sole Turkish side in Final Four after Madrid beats Efes

Fenerbahçe Ülker will represent Turkey in the prestigious Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four after Istanbul?s Anadolu Efes bowed to Real Madrid late on April 23 in the fourth game of the match up at home, mainly due to a strong Spanish performance in the last period. 

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