Georgian tennis player Anna Tatishvili and Jamie Hampton of America are through semifinal of doubles draw at Internazionali BNL d’Italia (2 166 400 USD). This duet earned 395 ranking points and 27 525 USD.
In the first rounds, Georgian-American duet defeated Taiwanese-Chinese (Hsieh-Zheng) and German-American (Goerges-King) pairs 1:6, 6:3, 11:9 and 6:3, 7:6 (7:3). In ¼ final they did not have to play. Flavia Pennetta of Italy was losing to Serena Williams 0:4 in singles draw when she was not able to continue playing because of injury. In doubles draw she betrayed compatriot Francesca Schiavone.
Tatishvili is through semifinal of such high level tournament for the first time. Now Anna and Hampton will play against Russian duet. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina beat Taiwanese Chuang and Russian Dushevina 6:2, 6:2 in ¼ final. They are considered as favorites in the upcoming match. In the second semifinal Americans Huber and Raymond will play against Italians Errani and Vinci.
If Tatishvili and Hampton overcome this obstacle, they will earn 620 points and 55 000 USD. Champions of the tournament will gain 900 points and 110 000 USD. This time Anna is in the 72nd place with 1188 points on WTA doubles ranking. She will advance after the Rome tournament.
