Georgian tennis player Oksana Kalashnikova and Polish Paula Kanya played in the final of Istanbul International tournament (250 000 USD) and earned 180-180 points.
Kalashnikova and Kanya celebrated 3 victories in Turkey. Georgian-Polish duet overcame Ukrainian sisters – Ludmila and Nadia Kichenoks 6:7 (3:7), 6:4, 10:8 in the initial round, then defeated Ukrainians – Bageltzimer and Savchuk 6:0, 6:2 and in semifinal won over Ana Tatishvili, who plays in the name of USA and Russian Solovieva – 6:7 (4:7), 6:4, 12:10.
In final Kalashnikova and Kanya played against Japanese Misaki Doi and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and lost 4:6, 0:6.