Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer clinched a spot in the finals of the Caoxijiu Suzhou Ladies Open in China Friday morning, the second WTA championship appearance in as many tries for the struggling former phenom.
Peer, seeded #3, beat Hungarian Timea Babos, #1 seed, 6-1, 6-3, to earn a spot in the final. She will face unseeded Chinese player Saisai Zheng for the title.
In late July, Peer lost in the finals of the Baku Cup, after making her first finals appearance since a 2011 loss. Still, she jumped a number of spots in the World Tennis Association’s world rankings, going from number 149 to number 113.
A win in Suzhou would give Peer her sixth career title.
Peer, who held the highest ranking of any Israeli ever when she reached #11 in 2011, had been in a slump since.
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