Tennis

15:48 | 21.03.2013 | Viewed []

Shapatava and Gorgodze Overcome The First Stage

 

Two Georgian tennis players went through the second round of Antalya tennis tournament (prize money 10 000 USD). Sopho Shapatava and Ekaterine Gorgodze gained rights of playing in the 1/8 final. 

No.1 seed Shapatava beat one of the winners of qualifying round Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6:3, 6:1, in the 1/8 final she will play against Belarusian Irina Shimanovich. 

Ekaterine Gorgodze beat Bulgarian Vivian Zlatanova one of the winners of qualifying round 7:5, 6:0 and now she plays against No.7 seed Serbian Natalya Kostic. 

Shapatava No.3 seed in doubles tournament and Gorgodze beat mentioned Kostic and Dutch Zuur 6:0, 3:6, 11:9 and in the 1/4 final they will play against Ukrainian Kazimova and Russian Samusheva. 

The duet of Kirgiz Palkin and Georgian Oksana Kalashnikova is No.1. Kalashnikova lost the first match in singles tournament. 

Georgian-Kirgiz duet beat Bulgarians (Botushavora-Zlatanova) 7:6 (7:3), 6:2 and in the second round they play agains Swedish-American tandem (Hamlin-Vong).

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