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Israel's top players on the brink of another kind of breakthrough

By Bonnie D. Ford
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

It's been a notable year for Israel's small band of elite tennis players. Shahar Peer reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals, maintained her perch in the WTA's top 20 all season and reached a career high-water mark of No. 15 early in the season. Doubles partners Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich beat the top-ranked Bryan brothers in Cincinnati for their first Masters Series title and are competing with the ATP's best at the year-end championships in Shanghai for the second straight year, courtesy o ...

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