Georgian tennis player Oksana Kalashnikova achieved another success in doubles. Kalashnikova and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine won all three matches at the Istanbul tournament (Turkey, 25 000 USD).
Oksana and Lyudmyla defeated Sezer of Turkey and Tinjic of Bosnia 6:3, 6:1. In semifinal they won over Eraydin of Turkey and Kulichkova of Russia 6:1, 7:6 (7:0). In final they beat Fomina of Ukraine and Prislan of Slovenia 6:2, 4:6, 10:7.
Kalashnikova lost three positions on WTA doubles ranking and is in the 65th place with 1342 points. Anna Tatishvili advanced with 23 places and is in the 103rd place with 840 points.
Tatishvili is still beyond Top 100. She lost three positions and is in the 104th place with 649 points: 104 (101). Anna Tatishvili – 649 points; 222 (216). Sofia Shapatava – 248; 324 (320). Oksana Kalashnikova – 137; 426 (443). Maka Chakhnashvili – 83; 571 (566). Sofia Kvatsabaia – 48; 620 (618). Ekaterine Gorgodze – 40; 848 (854). Natia Gegia – 17;
Now Tatishvili is in Sweden and will participate in “Collector Swedish Open” (235 000 USD). In the first round of singles draw 16-year-old Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will be opponent of Anna. In case of victory, the Georgian tennis player will face either Serena Williams of America or Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria.
In doubles Tatishvili and Irina Buryachok of Ukraine will play the Latvian-British duet (Marcinkevica-Slater).
Sofia Shapatava will compete in the Contrexeville tournament (France, 50 000 USD). In the first round the Georgian will face Beatriz Garcia-Vidagary of Spain. In doubles Shapatava and Yuliya Kalabina of Russia are No.1 seed duet and will play the Germans – Daniels and Klasen.
Sofia Kvatsabaia and Ekaterine Gorgodze will play in the main draw of the Darmstadt tournament (Germany, 25 000 USD). Their opponents are not known yet. Ana Kadagidze will participate in the Izmir tournament (Turkey, 10 000 USD).
Georgian top seed Nikoloz Basilashvili is in Eskisehir and will compete in the tournament (42 500 USD). In the first round the Georgian will face Hans Podlipnik-Castillo of Chile. In case of victory, he will play either Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia or Adrian Sikora of Slovakia.
In doubles Basilashvili and Brydan Klein of Great Britain will play Evgeni Karlovski of Russia and Lovro Zovko of Croatia. The Georgian tennis player is in the 314th place with 137 points on ATP ranking.
