Sofia Shapatava defeated Sabina Kurbanova of Russia 6:4, 7:6 (8:6) in the first round of Astana tournament (Kazakhstan, 25 000 USD). Sofia is through 1/8 final where she will play against Ksenia Milevskaya of Belarus. By the way, Milevskaya defeated No.1 seed Kurumi Nara of Japan. Ekaterine Gorgodze lost to Nigina Abduraimova of Uzbekistan 3:6, 6:4, 1:6.

In ¼ final of doubles draw, Shapatava and Gorgodze will play against Kapshay of Ukraine and Yashina of Russia. Oksana Kalashnikova and Marta Sirotkina of Russia defeated Khairudinova of Kazakhstan and Mukhametova of Russia 6:2, 6:2.

Sofia Kvatsabaia lost to Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 1:6, 2:6 in the first round of Donetsk tournament (50 000 USD).

Natia Gegia lost to Yurina Koshino of Japan 6:2, 3:6, 4:6 at Istanbul tournament (10 000 USD). In doubles draw, Natia and Yoshimi Kawasaki of Japan beat Azcoitia of Spain and Stomlega of Romania 6:2, 7:5 and are through ¼ final where they will play against Japanese duet (Inoue-Onishi). Tamar Chalaganidze and Zeynep Saricam of Turkey lost to Eraydin of Turkey and Sizikova of Russia 2:6, 1:6.