The 2020 Roland Garros tournament started this weekend. And there will be an African in the second round. Tunisian Ons Jabeur qualified on Tuesday unlike the Egyptian Maya Sherif.

Jabeurs continue on her US Open 2020 success way. After losing the first set, the Tunisian recovered. She won the next two sets and won the match 2 sets to 1 (6-4 3-6 1-6). She will face Japanese Nao Hibino in the next round.

For the Egyptian Sherif, the level was too high ahead of the Czech Karolina Pliskova. She nevertheless won the first set, 7-6 2-6 4-6.

Sheriff made history by becoming the first Egyptian in the main record of a major championship.