
Mayar Sherif outlasts Yulia Putintseva 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) in the quarter in Iasi on Friday after winning a huge battle. Sherif will face off with Oleksandra Oliynykova in the semifinal. The epic lasted 3 hours and 9 minutes.
Sherif added to her prize money € 2,660 after conquering this match. She has already won € 6,370 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Egyptian will add € 4,400 to her earnings to get in total € 10,770.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Egyptian scored 102 points vs. Putintseva’s 100.
Sherif
Sherif won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Putintseva
On the other side, the Kazakhstani was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (6/9). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sherif and Putintseva is 1-0 for Mayar.
Draw and next match H2H: Mayar Sherif vs. Oleksandra Oliynykova – stats
Sherif will compete against Oliynykova in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Mayar Sherif and Oleksandra Oliynykova play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Oliynykova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Oliynykova won 6-76 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Napoca back in February 2026.
Live score progression and stats
Sherif conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Yulia Putintseva in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more to do for Sherif to win the set since Yulia succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (2-5) game. Sherif kept her cool to break Yulia in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Egyptian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Mayar converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 40-A), the 7th (1-5 30-40) and the 9th game (1-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 58 points. Mayar was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Putintseva (34-24). Sherif lost 19 points on serve (17-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Putintseva conceded 17 points on serve (5-17).
Yulia won the set after she broke Mayar in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Sherif couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Putintseva was on the money in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, the Egyptian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 50 points. The Kazakhstani was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Mayar (31-19). The Kazakhstani conceded 8 points on serve (19-8). In addition, on the other side, the Egyptian conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Sherif won the set after she broke the Kazakhstani in the 11th (6-5) game. Yulia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12th (6-6) game. However, the Egyptian kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
Sherif failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Sherif won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (5-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Putintseva won a minibreak in the 9th (4-5) point.
Mayar won the tiebreak 7-5 after she conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Sherif converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Putintseva converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40).
They contested 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sherif won just 2 more points than the Kazakhstani (48-46). Mayar lost 19 points on serve (27-19). On the losing side, Yulia conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Tennis Scores in Iasi
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-4 7-62)
- Mayar SherifSherif – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 3-6 7-65)
- Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova – Clara BurelBurel (6-4 7-5)
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Petra MarcinkoMarcinko (6-3 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Mayar SherifSherif – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-1) – H2H details and stats




