In the renewed ranking of Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), Ana Tatishvili has the best result among the Georgians. She has 348 points and is in the 177th place. There are 6 Georgian girls in classification:
177 (177). Ana Tatishvili – 348 points; 231 (232). Sopo Shapatava – 245; 274 (275). Oksana Kalashnikova – 182; 517 (516). Maka Chakhnashvili – 63; 594 (594). Ekaterine Gorgodze – 45; 717 (714). Sopo Kvatsabaia – 28;
Winning the Macon tournament (25 000 USD) last week, her 50 points will be added for the next classification, this week Ana stays in United States and will play in the Rock Hill tournament (25 000 USD).
Ekaterine Gorgodze and Sopo Kvatsabaia will participate in the next tournament (10 000 USD) in Antalya (Turkey). They are in the main draw and the names of their opponents will be known later.
Among the couples, Kalashnikova does his best again among the Georgians, she is in the 51th place. Oksana is in Moscow and with her experienced partner Irina Buryachok will be involved in the “Kremlin Cup” (prize fund 795 707 USD).
In the first round, Georgian and Ukrainian tennis players will face #4 seeded American – Polish duet (Leizel Huber – Alicia Rosolska). For going through the ¼ final of “Kremlin Cup” 120 ranking points are regarded.
Dato Manjavidze
