On the last weekend of June was held the XXIII traditional amateur open tennis tournament for the Kozloduy NPP Cup with the partnership of Arena Tennis. EnergoService supported the competition for consecutive year, which included more than 60 participants in the following categories: men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, as the men’s teams were divided according to the age of the players – under and over 50 years. Despite the heavy rain on Saturday night, the tournament was successfully completed on artificial courts with minimal change in format due to the limited number of courts. After the matches played in the group and final stages, the winners in the different categories were:
MEN’S DOUBLES: Champions – Hristo Kazakov / Momchil Kosev
Finalists – Martin Nikolov / Hristo Hristov
III place – Hristo Trifonov / Preslav Marinov & Georgi Pleshkov / Max Hristov
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MEN’S DOUBLES (50+):
Champions – Emil Ochev / Andrey Kotsev
Finalists – Vlaiko Peychev / Lyudmil Makaveev
III place – Petyo Ivanov / Yavor Markov & Ivan Ivanov / Vladimir Penchev
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WOMEN’S DOUBLES:
Champions – Elena Andonova / Iveta Stoyanova
Finalist – Antoaneta Markova / Silvia Nikova
III place – Emi Abadjieva / Bilyana Ruseva
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MIXED DOUBLES:
Champions – Elena Andonova / Georgi Pleshkov
Finalists – Stefka Boncheva/ Momchil Kosev
III place – Emi Abadjieva / Martin Nikolov & Antoaneta Markova / Hristo Trifonov
The chief referee of the tournament was Ventsislav Dimitrov, known from the amateur chain, Arena Tennis.
Photo credit: tour.arenatennis.com