11-year-old Turkmen tennis player Sulgun Ishankulyeva became the winner of the international TEN-PRO Global Junior Tour tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Turkmenistan: Golden age electronic newspaper reports.

The TEN-PRO Global Junior Tour tournament in Dubai took place on the courts of Rackets Academy and brought together talented boys and girls from around the world born between 2009 and 2017. The competition was divided into seven separate age categories: U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15 and U16.

Sulgun Ishankulyeva excelled in the U11 category, which featured 11 girls born no later than 2013. These players were divided into two groups in the preliminary stage of the competition. Sulgun won all her matches in Group B, defeating Haya Douadi (Algeria) – 6:0, 6:0, Antonina Tronina (UAE) – 6:3, 6:3, Yeva Petinova (Russia) – 6:4, 6:2 and Kamila Bilalova (Kazakhstan) – 6:1, 6:1. In the final match, she triumphed over Group A winner A.Beradze (Georgia) with a score of 6:2, 6:1. Along with the championship trophy, Sulgun was awarded a prize of branded FILA sportswear.

Sulgun prepared for these competitions under the guidance of experienced coaches from the Ashgabat Tennis Academy. Currently, she is a member of Turkmenistan's U14 women's national team.