Anna Tatishvili was defeated by Serena Williams
20 July, 2013
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Georgian Anna Tatishvili was defeated by number one seed Serena Williams 2:6, 3:6 in the 1/8 final of the 235 thousand prize money tennis tournament in the Swedish town of Båstad.
The Georgian took three serves by the planet's strongest player but only two of her own. Tatishvili earned 30 rating points and 3100 Dollars for getting through to the second round of the tournament.
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Last week, I started giving these hints and tips to my foreign friends and the tourists and my compatriots too because I don’t want them to be overly surprised and embarrassed when they inevitably come across those habits of ours while they have to do with this culture (look for the first 10 tips in previous issue):
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‘It was clear from the beginning that ex-Premier Zurab Zhvania was killed. They concealed it but these reckless people don’t know that nothing can be hidden in this world! …He was my teacher of politics’…- says famous producer Eldar Shengelaia, who intends to dedicate a film to his deceased friend.
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