Last year, Georgian tennis player Anna Tatishvili lost two matches against Uzbek Varvara Lepchenko who is playing in the name of USA. At Midland tournament (100 000), Anna took revenge and beat her.
Georgian girl lost the first set of the match, though, she managed to mobilize and beat her opponent (6:7, (4:7), 6:3, 6:4) who is in the 75th place at ranking. Tatishvili went through 1/8 final where she will play against Lucie Hradecka.
A 25-year-old Czech Hradecka was World No.56 tennis player in July 2009. Now, she is in the 106th place. Tatishvili and Hradecka played against each other only once. Last year, in 1/16 final of Acapulco tournament, Czech tennis player won over Tatishvili 5:7, 6:3, 7:6 (8:6).
In the first round, Lucie beat American Jamie Hampton 7:5, 6:4. In doubles tournament, Anna is playing with Hampton. In the first round, they will play against Canadian duet of Marino and Pelletier.
Winner of Midland tournament will gain 140 rating points, so, Tatishvili has more motivation than she should have.
