Lulu Sun out in Miami Open first round
- Dave Worsley
- Mar 21
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 22
New Zealand tennis player Lulu Sun has been beaten in the first round of the big Miami Open in three sets.
Sun ranked 44th lost to the 67th ranked Egyptian Mayar Sherif 5-7, 6-1, 4-6 in two hours 18 minutes after a hard-fought comeback.
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Sun had plenty of break point opportunities converting four of her 12 chances while her opponent was successful with three of her nine break points.
Overall Sun 104 points to Sherif's 97 points in total in the match
Fellow New Zealander Erin Routliffe and Canadian Gaby Dabrowski are the women's doubles second seeds and face the Chinese pair of Xinyu Wang and Saisai Zheng in the first round.
At the Merida Challengr, Yucatan Open in Mexico New Zealand doubles specialist Finn Reynolds is through to the semifinals of the US$100,000 event.
Seeded third Reynolds and Australian Patrick Harper won their first match over an American pair in three sets before being given a walkover against an alternate team.
