Georgian tennis player Anna Tatishvili who was world No.50 one year ago has unsuccessful period now. The Georgian top seed has 240 points and is in the 227^th place.

Now Tatishvili is only 10 points and 6 places ahead of Sofia Shapatava who is in the 233^rd place. Besides Anna and Sofia, other 4 Georgian girls are on WTA ranking: 265 (275). Oksana Kalashnikova – 196 points; 435 (434). Maka Chakhnashvili – 85; 558 (581). Ekaterine Gorgodze – 52; 643 (606). Sofia Kvatsabaia – 35;

Kalashnikova has the highest ranking in doubles from the Georgians. She is in the 51^st place with 1675 points. Tatishvili is in the 88^th place with 975 points. Shapatava has 272 points and is in the 237^th place.

This week Georgian tennis players gathered in Batumi where the tournament (25 000 USD) is taking place. Four Georgians are in the main draw and three of them have “Wild Cards”: Maka Chakhnashvili will play Anna Zaja of Germany, Sofia Kvatsabaia – No.5 seed Ilona Kremen of Belarus and Ekaterine Gorgodze – Margarita Lazareva of Russia.

Opponent of Sofia Shapatava will be known after the end of the qualifying draw. 8 Georgians participated in the qualifying draw but all of them lost.

The following tennis players competed unsuccessfully: Kleopatra Karumashvili, Mariam Bolkvadze, Mariam Gogelashvili, Tamar Chalaganidze, Lana Rostiashvili, Babilina Machaidze, Ana Kadagidze and Tinatin Kavlashvili.