Mayar Sharif, ranked 171, is the first Egyptian player (man or woman) to reach the main role of the prestigious Roland Garros tennis tournament, one of the Grand Slam championships.
The winner from the Mayar Sharif and Pleskova match will play in front of the winner from the Latvian match, Jelena Ostapenko, and the American Madison Pringle.
Pliskova, 28, previously ranked first in the tennis world in July 2017.
Pliskova reached the semi-finals of Roland Garros in 2017 and played the final of the US Open tennis tournament in 2016.
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The 13th game
Mayar: 3
Pliskova: 4
The 12th game
The Czechs draw and start the tiebreak
The 11th run
Mayar leads for the first time in the first group runs.
The tenth inning
Mayar shines very smartly and draws
Ninth inning
Belskova advancing
The eighth half
Tie again
The seventh inning
The Czech wins the half
Sixth inning
Mayar cleverly draws
Fifth half
Belskova wins it
Fourth inning
Mayar won and the Czech did not get any points
The third half
Mayar: 30
Belskova: 45
Second half
Mayar: 45
Belskova: 30
first half
Mayar: 30
Belskova: 45
The match starts shortly