Sherif saves TWELVE match points, makes Budapest second round
Mayar Sherif won against Jesika Maleckova 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-3 on Monday afternoon and will face Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the next round
Egyptian Mayar Sherif advanced to the second round of the Budapest Open by beating Czech qualifier Jesika Maleckova 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-3 at Római Tennis Academy on Monday.
Sherif saved twelve match points in the second set to prevail. One at 5-4 for Maleckova, six à 6-5, and above all six in the tie-break, Maleckova leading 6-2 to finally lose it 9-7 !
Sherif, ranked No 73, will face Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova next.
Budapest WTA 125, other first-round matches (Római Tennis Academy, clay, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebeka Stolmar
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anna Bondar
- Tamara Zidansek vs. Fanny Stollar
- Laura Pigossi vs. Arantxa Rus
- Jule Niemeier vs. Magdalena Frech
- Reka Luca Jani vs. Danka Kovinic
- Lauren Davis vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Simona Waltert
- Panna Udvardy vs. Natalia Szabanin
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Julia Grabher vs. Timea Babos
- Emma Navarro vs. Dalma Galfi: monday
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Carolina M. Alves (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Tamara Korpatsch (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti (4): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Oceane Dodin beat Irina Bara: 7-6 (3), 6-3
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