A bright page in the history of Turkmen tennis was written by the youth team, having won a historic victory in the men's tournament of the championship of Central Asia (U-12) over the national team of Uzbekistan - 3:0. After the game, the heroes of the winning match shared their emotions from success.
As Ali Geldyyev admitted, he prepared very seriously for this tournament. At the qualifying competitions in Ashgabat, he took 2nd place, which permitted him to get into the national team of Turkmenistan, which included the final stage of preparation for the current tournament in Tashkent.
The first number of the youth team of Turkmenistan Suleyman Hudayberdyev has been playing tennis since the age of 6. He began to study with the coach Evgeny Molchanov. At present time, he is training at the 11th sports school of the Main Department of Physical Culture and Sports of Ashgabat with Gurbanberdi Gurbanberdiyev.
Another tennis player of the youth team of Turkmenistan (U-12) Nazargeldy Amangeldiyev started playing tennis at the age of 7 with Atlymurad Kurbanov. Then, until the age of 10, he trained with Gurbanberdi Gurbanberdiev. At present time, he is improving his skills at the Ashgabat Tennis Academy under Yuri Rogussky.
Let us remind, Turkmenistan for the second time hosts the regional tournament held under the auspices of the International (ITF) and Asian (ATF) tennis federations. Four years ago, at the same championship of Central Asia in Ashgabat, the Turkmen teams of boys and girls took third place.