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Dubai doesn’t even recognize that Israel exists. Shahar Peer was barred from this tourney last year, even though she was one of the 30 top woman tennis players in the world. The UAE refused to grant her a visa, so she could not enter the country. Sweet revenge!!



Peer rolls into Dubai semis

Peer rolls into Dubai semis

Israeli tennis star continues superb performance, set to meet Venus Williams next

Associated Press
Published: 02.18.10, 21:20 /
A year after she was stopped from playing in the Dubai Championships, Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer is proving unstoppable in reaching the semifinals on Thursday.

Unseeded Peer beat her third seed in four matches when No. 8 Li Na, the Australian Open semifinalist, retired with back spasms. Peer was leading 7-5, 3-0.

Peer, who has also beaten No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and No. 13 Yanina Wickmayer, will meet defending champion Venus Williams.

“I’m beating so many good players,” Peer said. “It’s really good and I’m happy by the way I’m playing. I think I’m playing very, very good, and everything is coming together. So I just hope to keep going.”

‘She’s so brave’
Peer, who was been surrounded by security and played only on the most secure court at Aviation Club, earned the admiration of Williams.

“She’s so brave and she’s got so much character. I can’t imagine being in her shoes,” Williams said.

“I can’t imagine playing so well with this kind of circumstance. I don’t think anyone else on tour could do what she’s doing.”

Last year, Peer’s visa was denied by the United Arab Emirates for security reasons, so the WTA Tour punished the tournament organizers with a heavy fine.

She’s into at least the semifinals for the third time this year.

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What do Shahar Pe’er and the Israelis have to do with it?…Young female Israeli tennis sensation Shahar Peer is “killing” them all on the courts at the Dubai tennis open…She’s already made it to the quarter-finals…Ironic, after the UAE refused to even let her in to the country last year…They don’t recognize that Israel even exists!!!…The assassination of Hamas commander-terrorist Mahmoud Mahbouh in a Dubai luxury hotel last month is another story…Everyone cries “Mossad”, but mum’s the word from Israel…The incredible story of this successful assassination as the revelations get weirder and weirder…

Plus…Israeli Deputy Prime minister Danny Ayalon refuses to meet with the anti-Israel lobby “J” Street and the US congressmen they have brought to the Middle East…What’s THAT all about?…

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How Ironic..World-ranked #22 tennis star Shahar Peer, who was not even allowed IN to Dubai last year because she is Israeli, advances in the tourney this year….

Tennis: Shahar Peer takes historic victory in Dubai

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Israeli elections, 2009…Who will form the next government…Tzipi Livni or Benjamin Netanyahu?…Where does Lieberman fit into this puzzle?…What will the next government of Israel look like?…Plus…Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer refused entry into Dubai for a major WTA tourney…What’s next?…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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