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Wang served for the match at 6-5 of the second
set, but Sherif broke to force a tiebreaker. Wang then jumped
ahead 6-4 before Sherif took the final four points of the
tiebreaker to extend the match. A service break in the fifth
game of the final set was all Sherif needed, though it took her
four match points to close out the win.
Sherif's quarterfinal opponent will be top-seeded Caroline
Garcia of France, who cruised past Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz
6-3, 6-2.
Fourth-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium posted a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
win over Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse. She will oppose
eighth-seeded Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy, who pulled out a
7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) win over Tatjana Maria of Germany.
ATX Open
Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam prevailed in a marathon third-set
tiebreaker, edging Russia's Erika Andreeva 7-5, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (8)
in second-round action at Austin, Texas.
Friedsam squandered three match points in the decisive
tiebreaker before Andreeva had a match point at 8-7. Friedsam
bounced back and finally sealed the win.
Friedsam's upcoming quarterfinal opponent, Marta Kostyuk, also
needed three sets to advance. The eighth-seeded Ukrainian
defeated the United States' Madison Brengle 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.
Fourth-seeded Danielle Collins won an all-U.S. matchup against
Caty McNally 6-1, 6-1, and Russia's Anna Kalinskaya ousted the
United States' Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-1.
--Field Level Media
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