Georgian tennis player Anna Tatishvili earned 78 ranking points at the Albuquerque tournament (75 000 USD). Now she has 317 points and is in the 189th place on WTA ranking.
This week Tatishvili will participate in Party Rock Open (50 000 USD) in Las Vegas. The Georgian girl will be No.2 seed.
Besides Tatishvili, 5 Georgian tennis players are on the ranking: 238 (233). Sofia Shapatava – 230 points; 268 (265). Oksana Kalashnikova – 196; 478 (435). Maka Chakhnashvili – 72; 559 (558). Ekaterine Gorgodze – 52; 644 (643). Sofia Kvatsabaia – 35;
The Georgian tennis players gathered in Telavi where the tournament (50 000 USD) is under way. 10 Georgians participated in the qualifying draw.
Babilina Machaidze, Ester Sarkisian, Ana Jikia, Ana Kadagidze, Margalita Chichashvili, Cleopatra Karumashvili and Shorena Tatelishvili already finished participation in the tournament. Tinatin Kavlashvili, Lana Rostiashvili and Mariam Gogelashvili continue competing.
Sofia Shapatava, Maka Chakhnashvili, Sofia Kvatsabaia, Ekaterine Gorgodze, Tamar Chalaganidze and Mariam Bolkvadze will play in the main draw. Everybody gained “wild cards” except Shapata and Chakhnashvili.
In the first round Shapatava will play Katarzyna Kawa of Poland, Chakhnashvili – No.2 seed Alexandra Panova of Russia, Bolkvadze – Masa Zec-Peskiric of Slovenia, Kvatsabaia – Olga Ianchuk of Ukraine, Gorgodze – Misa Eguchi of Japan and Chalaganidze – Irina Khromacheva of Russia.
In doubles draw Gorgodze and Shapatava will face Fomina of Ukraine and Shakovets of Germany, Chakhnashvili and Kvatsabaia – Kawa of Poland and Lazareva of Russia, Bolkvadze and Chalaganidze – Zaja of Germany and Zec-Peskiric of Slovenia and Machaidze and Chichashvili – Doroshina of Russia and Pigossi of Brazil.
Oksana Kalashnikova could not overcome the qualifying draw of the Ningbo tournament (China, 125 000 USD). In doubles draw Irina Buryachok of Ukraine and Oksana are No.4 seed. On Tuesday Oksana and Irina will play Katarzyna Piter of Poland and Yuliya Beygelzimer of Ukraine.
Kalashnikova has the highest doubles ranking from the Georgians. She is in the 51st place with 1675 points. Tatishvili has 1020 points and is in the 80th place.
