After a long pause, Lado Chikhladze returned to court. 26-year-old Georgian tennis player was world No.350 in October 2007. Though, he had injury and could not play for a long time. As a result of it, he is not in ATP ranking anymore.

Chikhladze played at Italian Futures last March and overcame two rounds though in ¼ final he was beating Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6:4, 4:4 when he retired…

Now, Chikhladze was given “Wild Card” at BMW Open (450 000 EUR) which is underway in the city of Germany, Munich. Lado was not a favorite and lost to No.5 seed Peter Gojowczyk of Germany 4:6, 1:6.

Giorgi Tsivadze who is in the 1257^th place in ATP ranking managed to go through the main draw of Grasse tournament (France, 15 000 USD) where he defeated Mathis Di Maio of France  6:1, 4:6, 6:1. In 1/8 final, Tsivadze lost to No. 4 seed Benjamin Balleret of Monaco 6:7 (4:7), 0:6.