World volley-ball tour under the auspices of Shanghai Grand Prix is unsuccessful for Georgian couples. Women duet Saka-Rtvelo stayed beyond the tournament. As for men duet Geor-Gia is very close to staying beyond the tournament. Saka-Rtvelo (Brazilian girls Cristine Santanna and Andrezza Chagas) lost all the three matches in group B.

No.31 seed Georgian duet held the last couple with Canadian duet (Bensly-Meloney, No.18) and lost 0:2 (12:21, 17:21). Saka-Rtvelo gained 80 ranking points and 3500 USD.
In group O men tournament (Brazilian Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro) lost two matches. No.22 seed Brazilian-Georgian duet lost with Swiss (Heuscher-Bellaguarda, No.11 seed) -1:2 (21:23, 21:19, 8:15), then with Russian (Semenov-Barsuk, No.27 seed)-0:3 (12:21, 16:21).
On May 4, they will play against favorite German duet (Erdmann-Matysik, No.6 seed).