Five-time former champion of Turkmenistan Yuriy Rogusskiy has regained the title of the country's number one tennis ranking. He achieved this success by winning the Turkmenistan Cup in men's singles, which was held to coincide with the 33rd anniversary of the country's independence.
The tournament organized by the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and the Tennis Federation of Turkmenistan brought together 113 athletes on the courts of the Ashgabat multifunctional stadium.
59 young men and 54 girls from Ashgabat, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary velayats competed for prizes in singles, doubles and mixed categories.
The men's singles final, where the two best tennis players of the country met – two-time champion of Turkmenistan Meylis Orazmuhammedov and winner of the Turkmenistan Cup Yuriy Rogusskiy – caused great intrigue in the tournament. Over the past two years, they have been fighting hard for the title of the No. 1 Turkmen tennis ranking.
Last year in the final of the Turkmenistan Cup Yuriy Rogusskiy won against M. Orazmuhammedov. However, in April of this year, in the final of the Turkmenistan Championship, Meylis took a convincing revenge on Yuriy– 6:1, 6:1 and took away the title of the number one Turkmen tennis ranking from him.
This time Yuri Rogusskiy took revenge on M.Orazmuhammedov in a tough third set on a tie-break – 1:6, 6:3, 7:6 (8:6) and regained the title of the country's number one tennis player.
In addition to his success in singles Yuriy Rogusskiy added a victory in mixed doubles with 15-year-old 10th-grade student of Turkmenabat secondary school Sabina Rahmanova. In the final this duo defeated Didar Vepamyradov/Maral Ahmedova – 6:3, 7:6 (7:5).
In men's doubles the winners of the Turkmenistan Cup were Hajymyrat Charyyev and Meylis Orazmuhammedov, who defeated fourth-seeded Selim Chagylov and Selim Pirjikov in the final – 6:4, 7:6, 10:6.
In the women's tournament, in the absence of the first racket Ilima Guseynova due to her participation in the prestigious junior tournament «GSPDP Asian 14&U Junior Championships 2024» in Cambodia, the winner of the Turkmenistan Cup for the first time became a 12th-grade student of Ashgabat Secondary School №50 Aisha Bikbulatova. In the final she defeated the second-seeded player, a second-year student of the Faculty of Digital Technologies and Cybersecurity of the Institute of Engineering and Transport Communications of Turkmenistan, Rojan Karajayeva – 7:5, 7:5.
In women's doubles Anastasiya Azimbayeva and Rojan Karajayeva won defeating Aynur Annamyradova and Jennet Charyyeva in the final – 6:2, 6:2.
The Turkmen sporty newspaper
