Sofia Shapatava and Belinda Bencic of Switzerland defeated Japanese tennis players Miyabi Inoue and Chiaki Okadaue 3:6, 6:2, 10:5 at the Hamamatsu tournament (Japan, 25 000 USD). In ¼ final they will face another Japanese duet. In 1/8 final of singles draw the Georgian tennis player will play Miyu Kato of Japan.
In the first round of the Antalya tournament (Turkey, 10 000 USD), Sofia Kvatsabaia lost to Kimberley Zimmermann of Belgium 1:6, 4:6. The Georgian tennis player unsuccessfully participated in doubles draw too. No.3 seed Kvatsabaia and Esen Kokce of Turkey lost to the French tennis players Camille Cheli and Alix Collombon 5:7, 2:6.
In doubles draw Ekaterine Gorgodze and Ekaterina Tsiklauri of Russia defeated Gulnaz Dokey of Kazakhstan and Valeriya Maksimchenko of Russia 6:3, 6:1. In ¼ final they will face No.1 Belgian duet. In 1/8 final of singles draw Gorgodze will play Yana Mogilnitskaya of Russia.