The main wrap of Telavi Tennis Tournament (prize-money is 25 000 ) was unsuccessful for Georgians. Only three tennis players managed to go through the second round from 9 host players. One of them succeeded it after defeating compatriot. The first and the second ranked players continue competing in Telavi Open. Oksana Kalashnikova beat Jew Yulia Glushko 6:1, 4:6, 6:4 and in the 1/8 final will play against Pole Paula Kania and as for Maka Chakhnashvili, she beat Romanian Agnes Shatman 6:4, 7:6 (7:4) and will play again Pole Karolina Kosinska.
Sopho Kvatsbaia managed to beat the 5th rating owner Sopo Shapatava easily 6:3, 6:1, in 1/8 final she will play against Victoria Yemelianova of Belarus , who beat Diana Davitaia 6:2, 7:6 (7:4).
In the first circle Melanie Klafner, who was finalist last year beat Ana Jikia 1:6, 1:6. Dutch Anjelic Van der Meet(rank 4) beat Tatia Mikadze(rank6) 5:7, 1:6; Ekaterine Gorgadze could not manage to beat Ana Rapoport of Russia4:6, 6:2, 3:6; as for Manana Shafakidze, she defeated by Ukrainian Alyona Sotnikova- 6:7 (4:7), 4:6. In couple tournament Kalashnikova and Klafnerm (the first rating) beat the Pole Yegiolka and Kava 7:5, 6:4 and will play against Pole Kania and Slovak Zlochova in semi quarter.
Chaknashvili (the 4th rating) and Kvatsbaia beat Shafakidze and Natela Dzalamidze who represents Russia 6:1, 6:0, in the next circle they will play against Russian Rapoporti and Belarus Yemelyanova, who beat Tamar Chalaghanidze and Barbare Eristavi- 6:1, 6:1.
Mikadze and Shafatava (the 3rd) beat compatriots Babilina Machaidze and Nino Sujashvili 6:1, 6:0. Their next rival will be Gorgodze-Glushko or Kapshai-Shatmar duet.
As for Armenian Amiraghyan and Georgian Jikia they lost with the Dutch duet 0:6, 1:6.
Anna Ttishvili (rank 5) top seed of Georgia participates tournament which is underway in the state of the USA, California (prize-money 75 000). In the first round her rival will be American Aleksandra Stivenson.Stivenson became the 18th top seed of the World in 2002 autumn, but now she is on the 323rd place.
20-year-old Ana Tatishvili and 29-year-old Stevenson had met each other three times before. Georgian tennis player is quite better than American one. In 2007 Ana was beating her 6:7 (8:10), 6:2, 3:1 when she refused to continue playing. In 2009 0:4 Stevenson gave in once again, in 2008 In Boston Tatishvili beat her 5:7, 6:3, 6:1.
Before single ranking Georgian players will compete in couple ranking. No.3 Tatishvili and German Kathrin Voerle will play against American Augustine and Ukrainian Kharchenko in 1/8 final.
No. 7 Nikoloz Basilashvili will play against Abdula Mgdas in the first round of the tournament which is underway in the city of California, Costa Mesa ( prize money 10 000 ). In couple ranking he plays with Romanian Desku against American Kosakovski and Brazilian Krivac.
