Anna Tatishvili Georgian tennis player lost with No.3 seed Czech Hradecka and lost 3:6, 1:6 in the first round of single tournament at Memphis competition (prize money 220 000 USD). In the 1/8final of doubles tournament Tatishvili and Dutch Michaella Krajicek of Holland beat No.4 seed duet of Maria Kondratieva of Russia and Sophie Leferve of France – 6:2, 6:0.
Tatishvili and Dutch Michaella Krajicek will hold quarter final match tomorrow, their opponent is New Zealander-Kazakh duet (Erakovic-Pervak) or American duet (Davis-Kays). It is newsworthy that Anna and Michaella have already earned 70 ranking points, if they manage to go through semi-final in such case they will earn 130 points.
Georgian tennis player Oksana Kalashnikova could not overcome qualifying round at Moscow tournament (prize money 25 000 USD). No.2 seed Georgian player lost with Belarusian Svetlana Pirazhenka – 5:7, 6:4, 4:6. In doubles tournament Kalashnikova and Russian Marta Sirotkian will play against No.1 duet Ukrainian sisters Kichenok.