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Sofia's mayor with a racquet in hand

Mon, Sep 18 2006 09:00 CET

byPetya Raykova

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Sofia's mayor with a racquet in hand

Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov became champion of the annual autumn tennis tournament for diplomats, members of Parliament and journalists, organsed by the company Overgas.

The two-day competition was held at the tennis grounds of Gloria Palace in Gorna Banya.

The most active players to use the first-ever made-in-Bulgaria tennis rackets were the representatives from the Spanish embassy. Sergio Piera and Alfonso Sanches won first place.

The final between Borissov and ex-Parliament member, and last year's finalist, Valentin Vassilev was extremely competitive. The women's final, where Snezhana Georgieva eliminated Bilyana Karamanoleva, also had pulses raised.

The mixed doubles competition went under the leadership of Irina Kozhuharova and Stoyan Batov, who clinched the title after a dramatic victory against Plamen Dimitrov and Maria Vassileva. For the men's doubles, the first prize went to Stoyan Batov and Nikolai Bozhinov, who beat in the final Valentin Vassilev and Boris Matevi. Katya Kostadinova and Elena Andonova won the female doubles title.

All the winners received their prizes from the executive director of Overgas, Sasho Donchev.

This is the fifth year that Overgas has organised this event. This time 86 individuals completed, nearly twice as many as the 44 in 2005.

The first  tournament was held in 1993, and was won by the then Italian ambassador.

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