Sopo Shapatava started well at the tournament (25 000 USD) in Minsk, Belarus. #5 seed Georgian tennis player won over Russian Margarita Lazareva 7:6 (7:4), 2:6, 6:1 and in the 1/8 final she will face the best among Ukrainian Gana Pozhikhirenko and Belarusian Polina Pekhova. In the doubles, Shapatava and Ukrainian Anastasia Vasileva will play against the tandem of Dalila Yakupovic (Slovenia) and mentioned Lazareva (Russia).