Sopo Shapatava, Georgian tennis player, who is involved in Hamamatsu Tournament (25 000 USD) in Japan, celebrated her first victory. Sopo defeated Natsumi Chimura of Japan 3:6, 6:3, 6:4, in the 1/8 final she will probably play against Japanese Miu Kato. Recall, that in the doubles, Shapatava and Belinda Bencini of Switzarland will face Japanese duet – Myabi Inoue and Chiaki Okadaue.

In the first round of Antalya tournament (10 000 USD), Ekaterine Gorgodze (#7 seed) overcame Katarin Stresnakova (Slovakia) 6:4, 6:2 and in the 1/8 final she plays against Russian Yana Mogilnitskaya. As for Sopo Kvatsabaia, she will compete with Kimberly Cimerman of Belgium.

In the doubles, Gorgodze and Ekaterina Tsiklauri of Russia play against Kazakh Gulnaz Doki and Russian Valeria Maksimchenko, Kvatsabaia and Turkish Esen Kokce play against the French duet – Kamil Cheli and Alix Colombon.

After overcoming of the Shymkent tournament (10 000 USD) in Kazakhstan, Aleksandre Metreveli lost in the initial match of the main draw to Russian Jan Sabanin 3:6, 3:6.

Dato Manjavidze