Georgian man top seed Nikoloz Basilashvili continues playing at American Challengers. He is in Central America and will play at the Panama tournament (35 000 USD).
Basilashvili will play in the main draw. Nicolas Barrientos of Colombia will be his first opponent. Barrientos is in the 299th place on ATP ranking. The Georgia is world No.250.
In case of success, Nikoloz will earn 6 ranking points and will play either Diego Schwartzman of Argentina or one of the winners of the qualifying draw. The Georgian will not play in doubles draw.
Georgian woman top seed Anna Tatishvili continues regress on WTA ranking. Anna lost another position and is in the 68th place with 907 points.
WTA tournaments are not planned in the current week. Next week Tatishvili will appear in Morocco. The Georgian plans to play at the Marrakech tournament (235 000 USD).
Anna participated in this tournament last year but in the first round she lost to Garbine Muguruza of Spain 5:7, 7:5, 4:6. In doubles draw Tatishvili and Polish Urszula Radwanska defeated Slovak Husarova and Hungarian Marosi 5:7, 6:1, 10:8 but lost to Czech Pliskova sisters 4:6, 3:6.
Besides Tatishvili, 6 Georgians are on WTA ranking: 255 (256). Sofia Shapatava – 199 points; 375 (385). Oksana Kalashnikova – 99; 406 (394). Maka Chakhnashvili – 87; 480 (479). Sofia Kvatsabaia – 66; 516 (521). Ekaterine Gorgodze – 56; 815 (819). Natia Gegia – 18;
Sofia Shapatava and Oksana Kalashnikova are in the city of Uzbekistan, Namangan. They will play in the main draw of the tournament (25 000 USD). Shapatava is No.7 seed and waits for one of the winners of the qualifying draw. Opponent of Kalashnikova is known – it is Russian Elizaveta Kulichkova.
Only Shapatava will play in doubles. Sofia and Uzbek Nigina Abduraimova will play against the Turkish duet.
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