Sofia Shapatava has successful start at the Istanbul tournament (Turkey, 25 000 USD). The Georgian tennis player defeated Corinna Dentoni of Italy 7:6 (7:4), 6:4. In 1/8 final Shapatava will face Elizaveta Kulichkova of Russia.
In doubles draw Shapatava and Anastasiya Vasylyeva of Ukraine beat No.2 seed German-Russian tandem 6:3, 6:2. In ¼ final they will play the Uzbek-Kyrgyz pair.
Sofia Kvatsabaia and Ekaterine Gorgodze are participating in the Antalya tournament (Turkey, 10 000 USD). No.7 seed Kvatsabaia lost to Jil Nora Engelmann of Germany 3:6, 1:6. Gorgodze will face Esen Kokce of Turkey.
In doubles draw the Georgian tennis players will start participation from ¼ final. Kvatsabaia and Kokce will play No.4 seed Belgian-German tandem. Gorgodze and Konig of Austria will face No.2 seed Romanian duet.
In the last qualifying round of the Nantes tournament (France, 50 000 USD), No.5 seed Maka Chakhnashvili lost to Fiona Ferro of France 1:6, 2:6. In spite of that, the Georgian tennis player made through to the main draw as a “lucky loser”. However, in the main draw Chakhnashvili lost to Lara Arruabarrena of Spain 3:6, 1:6. In doubles draw Chakhnashvili and Natalia Orlova of Russia lost to Nicole Melichar of America and Teodora Mircic of Serbia.