Bulgarian tennis player Elizara Yaneva suffered a dramatic loss in her debut at the qualifiers for the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, Roland Garros. The 19-year-old Bulgarian fell to the more experienced Romanian player Irina-Camelia Begu with a score of 6:2, 3:6, 4:6. The match lasted one hour and 39 minutes.

The 35-year-old Begu, with 246 victories in 487 WTA matches, outplayed Yaneva in the crucial moments. The match was interrupted for nearly an hour due to rain when the score was 2:2 in the first set. After the resumption, Yaneva dominated the court and won four consecutive games to take the first set 6:2.

In the second set, Yaneva was broken in the first game but managed to turn the score to 3:1 in her favor with exceptional play. Unfortunately, she lost the next five games and the set 3:6, leading to a deciding third set. Yaneva fell behind 1:3 in the third set but managed to tie at 3:3. However, after reaching 4:4, she lost two consecutive games and was eliminated from the tournament.

The top-ranked Bulgarian woman, Viktoriya Tomova, will begin her Roland Garros qualifiers tomorrow against 28-year-old Spanish player Irene Burillo, who is ranked 217th in the world. Also, tomorrow, Grigor Dimitrov will play his first round qualifier match against 22-year-old Portuguese player Jaime Faria.