Challenger International tournament kicked off at the Republican Tennis School of Olympic Reserve, in Tashkent.

The tournament, organized by Tashkent city khokimiyat, the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, the Tennis Federation of the country, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), is being attended by tennis players from almost 15 countries.

In the first round, Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan will play against Federico Gaio from Italy. Uzbekistan’s Jurabek Karimov will play against Mohamed Safwat from Egypt, Humoyun Sultonov against Akira Santillan from Austria.

Javokhir Tashkhodjayev, UzA