Anna Tatishvili who is in the main draw of Wimbledon will play against 35-year-old veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand. Georgian tennis player is lucky because of Tanasugarn is in the 114th place on WTA ranking.
The Bangkok veteran showed up in the professional tour 20 years ago (!). She reached her highest ranking in 2002 when she was world No.19. 22-year-old Tatishvili is No.72.
Georgian and Thai tennis players will play against each other for the first time. Winner between them will play against winner between Camila Giorgi of Italy and Flavia Pennetta of Italy.
Last year, Tatishvili defeated Anastasia Pivovarova of Russia in the first round. In the second round, she was beating No.19 Belgian Yanina Wickmayer but lost 6:3, 4:6, 2:6. So, Anna has to defend 100 ranking points.
In doubles draw, Anna and Russian Nina Bratchikova will play against American duet (Kops-Jones/Spears). Matches of the main draw will start on Monday in London.
Sofia Kvatsabaia continues successful participation in Lenzerheide tournament (Switzerland, 25 000 USD). Georgian tennis player started competition from the qualifying draw and celebrated four victories. In 1/8 final Sofia defeated Tereza Smitkova of Czech Republic 4:6, 6:0, 6:3. In ¼ final she will play against No.2 seed Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia.
