Anna Tatishvili lost 11 places in renewed WTA ranking. It is not pleasant before Olympic Games. The ballot will be held (on July 26) according to the ranking of July 23.
22-year-old Tatishvili has 792 points and is in the 84th place. Next week Anna will lose places again because she is not going to participate in Baku. Last year she went through ¼ final of Baku tournament (220 000 USD) and earned 70 points which she will not defend.
Leila Meskhi, president of Georgian Tennis Federation, is director of Baku tournament. Ekaterine Gorgodze is the only Georgian participant who earned “Wild Card”. Last year Gorgodze could not overcome the qualifying draw. This time she will start participation from the main draw. Tomorrow she will play against Estrella Cabeza Candela of Spain. In doubles draw Georgian and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina will play against Buryachkova of Ukraine and Solovieva of Russia.
Sofia Shapatava and Oksana Kalashnikova are in the capital of Kazakhstan. Shapatava defeated Sabina Kurbanova of Russia (6:2, 6:2) in the qualifying draw of Astana tournament (100 000 USD). The, she won over Makoto Ninomi of Japan 6:2, 7:6 (7:5). In the last round Sofia will play against Nadia Kichenok of Ukraine.
Kalashnikova will play in the main draw. Karla Buyukakcha of Turkey will be her opponent. In doubles draw Oksana and Marta Sirotkina of Russia will play against Kazakhstan duet.
Tamar Chalaganidze beat Isil Iler of Turkey 6:1, 6:2 at Izmir tournament (Turkey, 10 000 USD). Tamar will play against another hostess Sena Lara Nural. Natia Gegia will play in the main draw.
9 Georgian tennis players are in WTA ranking. Tatia Mikadze lost 164 places and is in the 622nd place with 39 points: 84 (73). Anna Tatishvili – 792 points; 234 (225). Maka Chakhnashvili – 240; 349 (353). Sofia Shapatava – 121; 384 (388). Sofia Kvatsabaia – 101; 537 (500). Ekaterine Gorgodze – 52. 622 (458). Tatia Mikadze – 39; 672 (692). Natia Gegia – 32; 679 (684). Oksana Kalashnikova – 31; 971 (975). Ani Gogvadze – 11;
18-year-old Aleksandre Metreveli is in the 1211th place with 4 points in ATP ranking. He earned 3 points in Italy and it will be added in the next ranking. Perhaps, he will get in Top 1000. Giorgi Tsivadze is in the 1486th place with 2 points. Giorgi Javakhishvili showed up in the ranking with 1 point. He is in the 1533rd place.
