Began playing at age six and born in Samarkand (second-largest city in Uzbekistan) and resides in Istanbul...Father, Kahor (is deceased), mother, Madiya, is a teacher...Speaks Turkish, Russian and English...Away from tennis, enjoys playing Playstation...Idol growing up was Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov...First coached by Veliev Setyaya and Alexander Piskunov helped him a lot to improve his game as a young junior...His favourite shot is forehand cross-court and favourite surface is hard courts...Hobbies are reading and listening to music.