The Turkmenistan national tennis team made a successful debut at the prestigious ITF Master's World Team Championship tournament, held in Manavgat, Türkiye. The national team in the 30+ age category made it to the quarterfinals of the competition, where 12 of the world's strongest teams are competing, reports the publication "Turkmenistan: Golden Age".

Turkmenistan is represented at this tournament by the country's number one tennis player Yuri Rogusskiy, bronze medalist of the 2024 Turkmenistan Cup Gurbanberdy Gurbanberdyev, as well as former number ones of the country Aleksandr Ernepesov and Eziz Dovletov. The latter two won the Davis Cup in Group IV of the Asia and Oceania Zone as part of the national team in 2013. The team captain is the head coach of the national men's team and the Ashgabat Tennis Academy Mirali Gasanov, the only holder of the PRO Level certificate in Turkmenistan.

In the group stage, the Turkmen team lost to the UK team with a score of 0:3, but in the decisive match for reaching the quarterfinals, they won an important victory over the Canadian team.

In the first singles match, Alexander Ernepesov beat Jabrill Kabli with a score of 7:5, 6:3, but in the second match, Canadian Nicholas Vincent prevailed over Yuri Rogusskiy – 7:6, 6:2. The fate of the ticket to the quarterfinals was decided in the doubles match, where Ernepesov and Rogusskiy snatched victory from Kabli and Vincent in a tie-break – 6:4, 7:6(4).

Reaching the top eight teams in the world was a historic achievement for Turkmen tennis, especially considering that this was the team’s debut performance at this tournament.

In the quarterfinals, the Turkmen tennis players will meet the Indian team. In the remaining matches for the semifinals, Argentina will play Sweden, Germany will play Türkiye, and the USA will play Great Britain.