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Egypt’s Mayar Sherif ‘honored’ to be at Australian Open as she raises her nation’s sporting profile

Last year, on a midsummer day in Cluj-Napoca in northern Romania, tennis player Mayar Sherif made history by becoming the first Egyptian woman to reach a WTA final. On the same day, thousands of miles to the east in Tokyo, Feryal…
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Egypt’s Mayar Sherif delights fans as she creates history at Australian Open

After Mayar Sherif smashed one final ace, she turned to the crowd assembled around Court 6 at the Australian Open, and let out a huge “allez.” Her small group of raucous fans had witnessed history unfold before their eyes at Melbourne…
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