Mayar Sherif gains respect after a 1-2 defeat against World no. 4 in Roland Garros first round

CAIRO, 29 September 2020: Mayar Sherif knocked out of Roland Garros first stage after a 1-2 loss against world no. 4 Karolina Pliskova.

Tournament No. 2 Pliskova survives a grueling encounter with Mayar 6-7(9) 6-2 6-4 to reach the second round.

World No. 172 Mayar Sherif grinds out a 56 minute first set 7-6(9) against Pliskova. #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/OmtEODpmvd

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) September 29, 2020

Great effort from Mayar who was grabbed the Egyptian people attention in the past days by being first Egyptian player to play in a Grand Slam tournament finals.

Mayar Sharif is striving to win more tournaments during the next stage at the international level of the tennis game in order to advance in the world classification of the game, to be among the best hundred players in the world, especially as she possesses high technical resources that help her in winning more tournaments and reaching the finals, and before The activity stopped due to the Corona virus, and it had reached the number 151 in the world.

Pliskova will play in front of the winner from the confrontation between Latvian Yelena Ostapenko and American Madison Pringle.