The Georgian tennis player Oksana Kalashnikova did not compete in the main draw of a tournament at the international tournament in Brussels ($ 690000 prize money), but had a successful start in the doubles.

Kalashnikova and Latvian Līga Dekmeijere won over Suco Aoâmi (Japan) and Tamarin Tanasugarn (Thailand) 6-4, 6-4 and advanced to the quarterfinals, which will meet with the first number being sown by a pair of Sania Mirza (India) Zheng Jie (China).

Anna Tatishvili the top seed of Georgia yesterday had to have the first-round game at the tournament in Strasbourg (prize fund $ 235000), however, due to bad weather, the meeting was rescheduled for tomorrow.

On May 21 Tatishvili on center court is to play with a "wild card" Frenchwomen, Carolyn Garcia, and then together with Serbian Dolonc will play  with a third seeding by a pair of Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Marina Erakovic of New Zealand.

Meanwhile Chakhnashvili commencement speech at victory 25-close to a tournament in the Italian city of Caserta, where she won in the first round to Italian Carolina Pilot 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 2), and in round 2 will meet Cristina Dinuof Romania, sown by the third number.