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Tatishvili Starts in Brisbane, Kalashnikova - Quanzhou

 

Georgian top seed Anna Tatishvili which is on the 134th place in WTA rating will open next season in the city of Australia, Brisbane ( prize money 220 000).  
32 tennis players will take part in this competition. On December 31 the first rival of Tatishvili will be Belarus Daria Kustova, who keeps the 161st place in classification. 20-year-old Tatishvili has never played against 24-year-old Belarus player.
In case of victory Anna will play against Croatian Carolina Shprem (rank 6) in the second circle or Japanese Misaki Doy.
 Tatishvili gained one point in rating and 265 $ with invitation, going through the second round player gets 6 points and finalist gains 10 points and the player who will go through main wrap gets 16 points. Georgian tennis player participated in this tournament at the beginning of the year, but it was Oksana Kalashnikova (she lost in the first qualifying round with Spanish Arancha Para Santoia 5:7, 7:6 (7:4), 3:6). Tatishvili need not to protect points.
As for Kalashnikova, who is on the 192nd place n rating, she leaves for China. She will take part in Quanzhou tournament (prize money 50 000). The tournament starts next week and Oksana Kalashnikova starts competing from the main wrap and supposedly she will be ranked the 6th. Xinyun Han of China (131) is her first rival.

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