TENNIS- Mayar Sherif reaches Monterrey Open quarter-finals
Egyptian tennis superstar Mayar Sherif has reached the Monterrey Open quarter-finals after earning a hard-fought round of 16 victory over Chinese opponent.
The 26-year-old continued her winning run in the round of 16 on Thursday after triumphing 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 over China’s Xinyu Wang.
Wang was close to claiming the victory but Sheirf’s heroics saved two match points to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.
She is now set to face world no.5 Caroline Garcia, who managed back-to-back wins over Kaja Juvan of Slovenia and Spain’s Nuria Parrizas Diaz.
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