Sally Peers
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Sally Peers is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. She plays right-handed, with a double-handed backhand. Her career high WTA singles ranking is world no. 153, which she reached on 20 September 2010 & her career high doubles ranking is world no. 89 which she reached on 8 November 2010, while her career high in juniors is world no. 54 on 21 July 2008.

Early life and junior career

Peers was born in Melbourne, Australia and started playing tennis at the age of six. She attended Mount View Primary School in Glen Waverley
Glen Waverley, Victoria
Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash...

 and Korowa Anglican Girls' School
Korowa Anglican Girls' School
Korowa Anglican Girls' School is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Glen Iris, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

.

In 2009 at 2009 Wimbledon Championships
2009 Wimbledon Championships
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...

, she won the Girls' Doubles
2009 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sally Peers won in the final 6-1, 6-1 against Kristina Mladenovic and Silvia Njirić.Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore were the defending champions, but did not compete in the juniors this year.-Seeds:...

 tournament, paired with Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn is a professional Thai tennis player. At the Wimbledon 2009, she won the junior singles title. As of 12 April 2010, Lertcheewakarn has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 150 and doubles tour of 97.-Playing style:...

 of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

2010

In 2010, Sally Peers attended the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Although tennis has long been on the list of approved optional Commonwealth Games sports, and has featured in every Commonwealth Youth Games programme, it made its maiden appearance in a full Commonwealth Games programme at the 2010 Commonwealth Games....

 in New Delhi, India. Peers entered both Women's Singles and Women's Doubles. In the singles tournament Peers was seeded 4th. Peers skipped the first round because she was seeded and was due to play Maldive player Aminta Mahir. Sally thrashed Mahir, 6–0, 6–0 advancing through to the Quarter-Finals. Sally then played 7th seed Anna Smith
Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currently the British number 9 with a ranking...

 from the UK. Peers won 6–3, 6–3. Peers won through to the Semi-Final. This meant that no-matter what happened Sally would be in a Play-Off for a medal. She played fellow Australian and No. 1 Seed Anastasia Rodionova. After losing the first set 6–3, Peers bounced back and took the 2nd set in a tie-breaker, 7–6. However, Rodionova powered through the 3rd set 6–1, on her way to winning the gold medal. Peers was then in the Bronze Medal Match. She played another Australian and 6th seed Olivia Rogowska
Olivia Rogowska
Olivia Rogowska is an Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 138, which she reached on 7 December 2009. Her career high in doubles is 170, which she reached on 20 September 2010...

. Peers again lost the first set, 6–4, and again came back in the 2nd to win in a tie-breaker, 7–6. However, she didn't make the same mistake as she did against Rodionova and won the bronze medal beating Rogowska, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3.
In the doubles event Sally played with Anastasia Rodionova. They were No. 1 Seeds. As the No. 1 Seeds they skipped the first round and played Bahama team, Nikkita Fountain and Larikah Russell in the Quarter-Finals. Rodionova and Peers powered through the match 6–2, 6–4. They reached the semi-finals and played Indians and 4th Seeds, Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...

 and Rushmi Chakravarthi
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Rushmi Chakravarthi is an Indian tennis player. She competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she progressed to the third round by beating Katie O'Brien, and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza....

. Peers and Rodionova won through to the Gold-Medal Match, winning 6–4, 6–4. In the Gold Medal Match they played fellow Australians Jessica Moore
Jessica Moore (tennis)
Jessica Moore is an Australian professional tennis player. Formerly coached by Milo Bradley, Moore works with the Australian Institute of Sport. Her preferred surface is grass.-Career:...

 and Olivia Rogowska
Olivia Rogowska
Olivia Rogowska is an Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 138, which she reached on 7 December 2009. Her career high in doubles is 170, which she reached on 20 September 2010...

. Peers and Rodionova won the first set 6–3, but lost the 2nd 6–2. In the third set Sally Peers and Anastasia Rodionova won 6–3. They won the Gold Medal.

At the 2010 US Open
2010 US Open (tennis)
The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....

, she qualified to play in the main draw for the first time in a Grand Slam. In the first round, she crushed World No. 54 Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of no. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth-highest ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eight ITF tournaments...

 6–0, 6–1 for her first ever WTA Tour victory before being defeated by the defending US Open champion Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....

 in the second round in straight sets, 6–2, 6–1.

2011

Sally Peers got her first win over a Top 50 player in the 2011 Brisbane International
2011 Brisbane International
The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. It was held from 2 to 9 January...

 where she received a wildcard. She defeated World No.25 Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Mikhaelovna Kleybanova is a Russian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA world ranking to date is No. 20, achieved on February 21, 2010...

 in the first round 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. She went on to the 2nd round but lost to Czech Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in straight sets, 6–4, 6–1.

In the 2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...

, She earned a wild-card entry into the Women's Singles. In the first round she faced 25th seed and eventual quarter-finalist Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...

. Peers lost in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4.
She also entered 2011 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage is a programme consisting of a series of eight short plays or revue sketches, each with two characters, composed by various English playwrights. It was first performed on 6 February 1969 in the Hampstead Theatre Club with the title, We Who Are About To......

 with Carsten Ball
Carsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:...

. In the first round they played unseeded pair Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,...

 and Eric Butorac
Eric Butorac
Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray...

. Peers and Ball won through to the 2nd round in straight sets, 6–1, 6–2. In the 2nd round they were drawn to face Number 1 Seeds Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...

 and Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan.  On November 12, 2007,...

. Huber and Bryan pulled out of the match. Peers and Ball played Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău
Horia Tecau
Horia Tecău is a Romanian tennis player who turned pro in 2003, and is a doubles specialist. Tecău is currently ranked 9th in ATP's doubles ranking, being also his highest doubles ranking achieved on August 8, 2011....

in the quarter-finals. Mattek-Sands and Tecau won the match in a tough straight sets, 7–5, 6–4.

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