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Harvard women’s tennis expected the beginning of the season to be tough, but nobody knew it would be this tough. Over the long weekend, the Crimson (0-5) lost to the No. 53 Virginia Cavaliers (4-3), 5-2, and the No. 16 William & Mary Tribe (8...
Israel and Qatar do not have diplomatic ties, and no matter how hard Peer battles on the Doha hard courts, or how many Arab fans she wins over, she doesn't expect to ease hostilities overnight. "I'm here to play tennis," she says. "But if this opens up a...
Letting an Israeli onto the tennis courts serves to Qatar's advantage. The emirate is competing to host the 2016 Olympic Games, so it is keen to sell itself as a politics-free oasis in the roiling Middle East. Behind the scenes, say diplomats, Qatar is also one of several...
Peer wanted to compete in the Qatar Open in previous years, but she was doing her obligatory military service, and Israel bans its soldiers from visiting Arab countries. "Believe me, basic army training was nowhere near as hard as my tennis workout," says Peer, who, even at age 6, would...
Peer says her most powerful weapon is that she's "strong, mentally." Most likely, it won't be the Arab spectators in Qatar who test her mettle but a formidable tennis rival, the glamorous Russian Maria Sharapova. When the two dueled recently in Israel, Peer whipped up the home crowd...