Sofia Shapatava used her chance. The Georgian tennis player overcame the qualifying round of Claro Open Colsanitas (Colombia, 250 000 USD) as a “lucky loser”. In the main draw she defeated the first opponent.

In the qualifying draw No.7 seed Shapatava beat Laura Pous-Tio of Spain 6:3, 6:3, Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium 3:6, 6:3, 6:1. But then she failed to Lara Arruabarrena of Spain 6:4, 3:6, 2:6.

Olga Govortsova of Belarus withdrew due to knee injury. So, Sofia replaced Olga and played Dinah Pfizenmaier of Germany.

The match lasted almost 2 hours and Sofia won 6:4, 2:6, 6:2. I is worth mentioning that the Georgian tennis player served 2 aces and made 4 double faults. She used 4 from 11 break-points and lost 3 serves.

Sofia earned 44 ranking points. In 1/8 final she will face either Jelena Jankovic of Serbia or Mathilde Johansson of France.

Sofia is fighting for getting in the qualifying draw of French Open. So, each point is important for her. In case of overcoming the second round the Georgian girl will gain 60 points.

In doubles Sofia and Marina Melnikova of Russia lost to the No.2 seed Spanish duet 6:4, 5:7, 4:10.