Ana Tatishvili, Georgian tennis player, started successfully the tournament (prize fund 50 000 USD) in Las Vegas. Ana defeated American Samantha Crawford 7:5, 6:1 and she will face #4 seed Maria Sanchez in the 1/8 final. Maria won over her compatriot Chie –Yu Hsu 6:0, 5:7, 6:2.

In the doubles tournament, the tandem of Ana Tatishvili and Croatian Ayla Tomlyanovic won over American duet – Chako and Pluskota 6:2, 6:3 and in the ¼ final they will face aother American duet (Crawford – Viker).

50 thousands tournament in Telavi continues without six Georgians.

It should be noted, that only Sopo Shapatava (#8 seed) of the six representatives of Georgia has overcame the starting round. She defeated Polish Katarjina Kava 6:3, 6:2. And in the 1/8 final she lost to Japanese Misa Eguchi 3:6, 1:6.

As for Sopo Kvatsabaia, Ekaterine Gorgodze, Maka Chakhnashvili, Mariam Bolkvadze and Tamar Chalaganidze, they lost the first meetings.

The duets of Babilina Machaidze – Margalita Chichashvili and Bolkvadze – Chalaganidze stayed beyond the doubles tournament. The duet of Gorgodze and Shapatava will face Ukrainian Fomina and German Shakovets (#4 seed), and the tandem of Chakhnashvili and Kvatsabaia will face Polish – Russian duet (Kava – Lazareva).