Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Australian Samantha Stosur upset 12th- seeded Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-1 and Hungarian Melinda Czink defeated Virginie Razzano, the 13th seed from France, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the East West Bank Classic on Monday.
ABC (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Unseeded Australian Samantha Stosur scored the biggest upset in the opening round of the Los Angeles Classic, easing to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over 12th seeded Israeli Shahar Peer.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Melinda Czink, who got into the East West Bank Classic as a "lucky loser," upset No. 13 Virginie Razzano of France, 6-3, 6-3 Monday in a first-round match. In the nightcap, Samantha Stosur overwhelmed No. 12 seed Shahar Peer, 6-1, 6-1. Czink, ranked 121st on the WTA Tour, had lost in the second round of qualifying on Sunday. But the 25-year-old Hungarian was placed in the 56-player singles field when...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Unseeded Australian Samantha Stosur scored the biggest upset in the opening round of the Los Angeles Classic on Monday, easing to a 6-1 6-1 victory over 12th seeded Israeli Shahar Peer.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
LOS ANGELES, July 21 (Reuters) - Unseeded Australian Samantha Stosur scored the biggest upset in the opening round of the Los Angeles Classic on Monday, easing to a 6-1 6-1 victory over 12th seeded Israeli Shahar Peer.
The Digital Story (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The weather was perfect for hardcourt tennis at Stanford University. One of my favorite matches of the day pitted Shahar Peer from Israel against the defending champion Anna Chakvetadze from Russia. I was there to test the new Olympus E-520 digital SLR. This 10 MP body includes excellent sensor-based image stabilization, with modes for both horizontal and vertical panning. It also supports Autofocus...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
July 15 (Reuters) - Stanford Classic women's singles first round results from California, U.S., on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result) * Shahar Peer (Israel) beat Melinda Czink (Hungary) 7-5 6-0 * Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) beat Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 7-5 7-6(1) Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat 7-Nadia Petrova (Russia) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Anastasia...
IsraGood (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
( Image Credit: Tom Dolev via Ynet News) Shahar Peer , one of Israel's biggest stars in tennis, defeated Dinara Safina from Russia in an intense battle on the tennis court. ( Ynet News ) Israel's top female tennis player Shahar Peer beat Russia's Dinara Safina 7-5 6-7 8-6 on Saturday to advance to Wimbledon's fourth round for the first time in her career. Peer came back in dramatic fashion to beat...
Sify (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Ninth seed Dinara Safina missed setting up a rematch with fellow Russian Elena Dementieva when she was harried out of Wimbledon in the third round, beaten 7-5, 6-7, 8-6 by Israel's Shahar Peer on Saturday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Ninth seed Dinara Safina missed setting up a rematch with fellow Russian Elena Dementieva when she was harried out of Wimbledon in the third round, beaten 7-5 6-7 8-6 by Israel's Shahar Peer on Saturday.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Katie O'Brien could not match Anne Keothavong's heroics from earlier in the day, as she was beaten 6-3, 7-5 by the 24th seed from Israel, Shahar Peer, writes Kaz Mochlinski.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) No. 1 seed Shahar Peer of Israel was bounced from the first round of the Torneo Barcelona by unseeded Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain on Tuesday, 7-5, 6-2. Peer rallied from 0-4 to tie the first set at 5 against the 73rd-ranked Llagostera Vives before fading light halted play on Monday. But she lost eight of 10 games when play resumed Tuesday. Read the full story
Fox News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez beat fifth-seeded Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the upset-filled Torneo Barcelona tennis tournament. Parmentier's ouster followed those of top-seeded Shahar Peer, No. 3 Dominika Cibulkova and No. 8 Tathiana Garbin, all of whom had first-round defeats on Tuesday. Sixth-seeded Sara Errani advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Varvara Lepchenko...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
No. 1 seed Shahar Peer of Israel was bounced from the first round of the Torneo Barcelona by unseeded Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain on Tuesday, 7-5, 6-2.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Unseeded Spaniard Nuria Llagostera Vives eliminated No. 1 Shahar Peer of Israel from the first round of the Torneo Barcelona on Tuesday, 7-5, 6-2.
