Mohamed Salah supports Mayar Sharif .. "I achieved a historic victory for Egypt with the yellow ball."

Egyptian star Mohamed Salah was keen to encourage Egypt's tennis champion Mayar Sherif after she made history by achieving her country's first victory in a Roland Garros tournament that came at the expense of Colombian Maria Osorio in two groups without a response (6-4 and 6-0).

Salah wrote on his Twitter account: “You make history, Mayar Sharif is the first Egyptian to win a match in the Grand Slam.”

Mayar Sharif became the first player in the history of Egyptian tennis to qualify for the Olympics after securing qualification for the Tokyo competitions, which were postponed to next summer due to a crisis Corona virus

The Egyptian heroine was keen to thank Mohamed Salah after publishing the tweet, and wrote on her Facebook newspaper: “Thank you to the Egyptian King Mohamed Salah for the encouragement.”

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