Georgian tennis player Maka Chakhnashvili overcame the qualifying draw of the Sant Cugat tournament (Spain, 25 000 USD) and will play in the main draw.

No.12 seed Chakhnashvili defeated Ornella Caron of Argentina 6:4, 6:3 and Eleonora Mindiyarova of Russia 6:1, 6:3. In the main draw Maka will face Andrea Lazaro of Spain.

Ekaterine Gorgodze and Sofia Kvatsabaia will participate in the Antalya tournament (10 000 USD). No.8 seed Gorgodze will play Annely Pokras of Estonia and Kvatsabaia – Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus.

Kvatsabaia will compete in doubles draw too. Sofia and Esen Kokce of Turkey will face the Czech-Polish duet.

Georgian top seed Anna Tatishvili is in Macon, Georgia. She will play in the main draw of the tournament (25 000 USD).

Tatishvili is still is in the 177^th place. Besides her, 5 Georgian chess players are on the ranking.

177 (177). Anna Tatishvili – 348 points; 232 (230). Sofia Shapatava – 245; 275 (272). Oksana Kalashnikova – 182; 516 (512). Maka Chakhnashvili – 63; 594 (592). Ekaterine Gorgodze – 45; 714 (710). Sofia Kvatsabaia – 28;

Kalashnikova has the highest ranking in doubles ranking from the Georgians. She is in the 51^st place with 1742 points. Tatishvili has 1033 points and is in the 80^th place. Shapatava is in the 221^st place with 296 points.

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