Georgian tennis player Sofia Shapatava lost to world No.9 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 4:6, 3:6 in 1/8 final of Claro Open Colsanitas (Colombia, 250 000 USD).
The match between the Georgian and the Serb tennis players lasted an hour and half. Sofia had 6 break-points but could use none of them.
Sofia started participating in the tournament from the qualifying draw. She earned 44 ranking points by making through to 1/8 final. So, the Colombian tournament must be considered successful for Sofia.
In ¼ final of the Antalya doubles tournament (10 000 USD) No.2 seed duet of Ekaterine Gorgodze and Sofia Kvatsabaia defeated Pei-Chi Lee of Taiwan and Tina Tehrani of America 6:4, 7:5. In semifinal they will play No.4 seed Russian duet.
In 1/8 final of singles draw Kvatsabaia lost to No.7 seed Susanne Celik of Sweden 2:6, 1:6.