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Tennis: Shahar Peer wins challenger title for first time in 4 years

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The Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer has won the WTA $125K Challenger tournament currently taking place in Suzhou, China after beating local favorite Saisai Zheng, ranked 195 world-wide, by 2:6, 6:2, 3:6.

 

This is the first victory for Peer, who is ranked 113 world-wide, since 2009. She will take home $20,000 in prize money and her ranking is expected to jump to the top 80s. (Oren Ahroni)

 

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