Georgian tennis player Maka Chakhnashvili celebrated the first victory at the international tournament (25 000 USD) which is underway in the city of France, Andrezieux-Boutheon.
In the first round of opengdfsuez42 singles tournament, Chakhnashvili played against one of the winners of the qualifying draw Tetyana Arefyeva and beat her 6:0, 6:0.
No.1 seed Polish Magda Linette will be the next opponent of Chakhnashvili in the 1/8 final. Linette beat French Victoria Larriere 6:3, 7:6 (7:3).
A 18-year-old Linette is in the 176th place at Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and a 28-year-old Georgian tennis player is in the 257th place.