Only one Georgian tennis player went through ¼ final of Tbilisi international tournament (15 000 USD). Aleksandre Metreveli won two matches and will play against No.4 seed Laurent Recouderc of France.
In the first round Metreveli defeated Alexandr Kushakov of Ukraine 2:6, 6:1, 6:2. Then, he won over Vladimir Ivanov of Estonia 7:6 (7:3), 7:5.
After beating Shota Meparidze (6:1, 6:0), No.1 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili lost to Peter Goldsteiner of Austria 6:7 (6:8), 2:6 who won over Mikheil Khmiadashvili 6:4, 7:6 (7:4). Giorgi Javakhishvili lost to Ilia Shatskiy of Russia 2:6, 3:6. Giorgi Tsivadze lost to Arkadiusz Kocyla of Poland 6:3, 1:6, 6:7 (6:8).
In doubles draw Metreveli and Tsivadze defeated Ukrainians – Kryvoy and Kushakov 6:2, 7:6 (9:7). In ¼ final the Georgians lost to Ivanov of Estonia and Shatskiy of Russia 5:7, 1:6. Khmiadashvili and Meparidze lost to Manafov of Ukraine and Shyla of Belarus 3:6, 2:6. Nodar Itonishvili and Davit Kvernadze lost to Italians 7:5, 3:6, 2:10 and Javakhishvili and Giorgi Revazishvili – to Polish tennis players 7:5, 0:6, 3:10.
Sofia Shapatava and Marina Melnikova of Russia lost to Jani of Hungary and Mircic of Serbia 3:6, 6:7 (6:8) in ¼ final of Mestre tournament (Italy, 50 000 USD). Sofia Kvatsabaia lost to Kerkhove of Holland 3:6, 3:6 at Alphen tournament (Holland, 25 000 USD). Ani Gogvadze and Despoina Vogasari of Greece lost to Russian-Kazakhstani duet 2:6, 7:5, 8:10.
