After a 18-month break, Georgian tennis player Lado Chikhladze won 7 matches in a row at the tournament (prize 10 000) in the city of Austria, St. Polten. He only had some problems in the final.
Czech Daniel Lusting was opponent of a 25-year old Chikhladze in the decisive match. Daniel defeated Lado 6:4, 6:2. Thanks to this success, Lado gained 9 rating points and will return to the qualification of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) next week.
Several years ago Chikhladze was considered as one of the leaders of Georgian team. Though, because of injury he missed a long period. Chikhladze had the best result on October 15 in 2007 when he was number 350 player and number 549 in doubles.