Italian Open: Sherif makes round of 32, will face Azarenka
Mayar Sherif edged out Jasmine Paolini 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4 on Friday evening. She’ll face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 24 seed, in the next round
Egypt’s Mayar Sherif reacts during her round of 128 match against Russia’s Anna Blinkova (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Egyptian Mayar Sherif edged out Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 11 seed, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the 32 of the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Roma on Friday evening.
Sherif, ranked No 80, will face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 24 seed, next.
The Egyptian won against Croat Petra Martic (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Rome tournament.
Roma WTA 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Rebecca Sramkova (Q) beat Katie Boulter (26): 6-4, 7-6 (8)
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina (16) beat Sara Errani (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina (30) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 2-0 ret.
- Caroline Garcia (22) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Victoria Azarenka beat Magda Linette: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Dayana Yastremska (32) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (23) beat Clara Tauson (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
- Sofia Kenin beat Ons Jabeur (8): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Oceane Dodin (LL): 5-2 ret.
- Danielle Collins (13) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 0-0 ret.
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
- Elise Mertens (27) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 6-4
- Paula Badosa beat Emma Navarro (21): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-0, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Sloane Stephens (31): 6-3, 6-2
- Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (28) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-5, 6-0
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (12) beat Xinyu Wang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Madison Keys (18) beat Camila Osorio: 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
- Jaqueline Cristian (LL) beat Elina Avanesyan: 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
- Naomi Osaka beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-3, 6-2
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-0, 6-1
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-0
- Linda Noskova (29) beat Lucrezia Stefanini (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-5, 6-1
- Diana Shnaider beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-1, 6-3
- Angelique Kerber beat Veronika Kudermetova (17): 6-3, 6-0
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