14-year-old Ansar Nietkaliyev received the "Foreign Player of the Year" award (from non-EU countries) from the European Tennis Association (Tennis Europe Tour), El.kz reports with reference to the Tennis Federation of Kazakhstan.
The Kazakhstani showed high results in 2024, which allowed him to take 41st place in the TE ranking. He also became a finalist of two TE tournaments in singles.
This season, Ansar won three singles titles: Soul Cup - Istanbul, Türkiye (second category), Ankara Cup - Ankara, Türkiye (third category), Ergan Cup - Erzincan, Türkiye (third category) and two doubles: Soul Cup - Istanbul.