Radu Albot was designated as the best Moldovan tennis player of this year. The athlete couldn’t attend the Tennis Gala held in the evening of December 23 as he is preparing for the Grand Slam tournament of Australia, IPN reports.

The 24-year-old athlete achieved impressive results in 2013. After winning the Fergana Challenger at the end of October, he climbed to the 164th spot in the ATP rakings, which is his best position ever and the best position for Moldova too. Albot also had a good performance as part of the national team at the Davis Cup.

His colleague from the national team Maxim Dubarenco won the Progress of the Year prize. Anastasia Vdovenko was named the best tennis player among women.