Chat with Shahar Peer

Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, tennis pro Shahar Peer will stop by to chat. The 19-year-old Peer began her mandatory military training in...

Chat | March 08, 2007

18-year-old Nishikori wins in Japan Open first round

Kei Nishikori beat American Robert Kendrick 7-6, 6-7, 6-2 to reach the second round of the $969,000 Japan Open on Tuesday.

Kirilenko reaches Korea Open semis; Craybas wins

Top-seeded Maria Kirilenko advanced to the Korea Open semifinals Friday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 5 Pauline Parmentier of France.

Peer to face Craybas in Korea Open quarterfinals

Israel's Shahar Peer beat Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday to advance to the Korea Open quarterfinals.

Cibulkova rebounds from first-set shutout to beat Mauresmo

Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova rallied to defeat former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo of France 0-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8) Tuesday in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open.

Back to square one for Davenport?

Back to square one? NEW YORK -- She hadn't played here in two years, and she hadn't played a singles match in almost two months. But 23rd-seeded Lin...

Davenport, Dementieva, Kuznetsova, Jankovic win; Chakvetadze upset

Lindsay Davenport enjoyed a brisk workout on her return from a two-month injury layoff with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round of the U.S. Open.

Time is ripe for Safina to take advantage of ailing tour members

A majority of the game's top stars will limp into the U.S. Open, leaving the door wide open for red-hot Dinara Safina to claim her first major.

Battle of attrition may determine women's gold medalist

The Serbs are struggling, while the Williams sisters, beset by injuries, have seen little action since Wimbledon. The Beijing winner might be the player who stays the healthiest.

Will Ivanovic, Sharapova bounce back from Wimbledon?

Playing for the first time since early exits at Wimbledon, Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova have something to prove this week in Montreal.

Lucky loser Czink upsets No. 13 Razzano in first round

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 in a first-round match.

Serena holds on, Hantuchova ousted from Bank of the West Classic

Serena Williams looked completely out of sync for much of the match. Against a 15-year-old qualifier no less.

Schnyder uses errors, experience to best Liu at Bank of West

Switzerland's Patty Schnyder had an easy time with former two-time NCAA champion Amber Liu, winning 6-1, 6-1 in her opening-round match at the Bank of the West Classic on Tuesday night.

...1, 2007 file photo, New York Yankee star Alex Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia, watch the Shahar Peer and Nicole Vaidisova match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York. The wife of...

JOURNEY TO BEIJING

Shahar Peer knows how to take aim at athletic goals, and broke down a barrier of another kind...