Georgian top seed Anna Tatishvili returned to the tournament in the capital of Qatar, Doha. Tatishvili will play in the main draw of Qatar Total Open 2013 (2 369 000 USD).
In the first round Anna will play against No.16 seed Sloane Stephens of America who is in the 17th place on WTA ranking. Tatishvili is world No.59.
If the Georgian beats the American, in the second round she will play against winner between Varvara Lepchenko of America and Klara Zakopalova of Czech Republic.
70 ranking points are for overcoming the first round of the Doha tournament. The second round gives 125 points. In short, each successful match is important for Tatishvili.
