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Shahar Peer waving to the crowd following her third round win at Wimbledon, on Saturday. (AP) Last update - 11:35 29/06/2008 Peer shocks Safina to slide into Wimbledon fourth round By Haaretz Sports Staff and News Agencies Tags: Wimbledon, Tennis  Shahar Peer, seeded 24 at Wimbledon, upset 9th-seed Dinara Safina in the tournament's third round 7-5, 6-7, 8-6 Saturday night to win her first spot in the tournament's fourth round. The epic extra-sets battle lasted nearly three and a half hours. The Israeli will now face Russia's Elena Dementieva, defeated by Safina at the semifinals at the French Open earlier this month. Safina made it to the finals of that tournament before losing to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in the final. Advertisement After winning the first set 7-5 and leading 4-1 in the second, Safina evened the score at 4-4. Peer took a 5-4 lead and even had a match point, but Safina eventually won the set in a 7-4 tiebreaker. In the third set, Safina looked confident as she led 5-3, but Peer won three games in a row to make it 6-5, as Safina began suffering from a leg cramp. Peer had a second match point but could not wrap up the match as Safina won the 12th game to make it 6-6. Safina had come within a point of defeat in successive matches at Roland Garros, raising hopes of staging another great escape Saturday night. After a topsy-turvy contest featuring angry outbursts, medical timeouts and code violations, Safina eventually limped out on Peer's fourth match point, falling after three hours and 25 minutes with a tame double fault. Peer's next match-up is fifth-seeded Dementieva, who beat Gisela Dulko 7-6 (7-2), 6-4. The win marks the best effort of Peer's 2008 season, which until Wimbledon, was considered the worst of her professional career. Safina defeated compatriot and world No.1 Maria Sharapova in the fourth round of Roland Garros. In the quarterfinals, she stunningly battled back from the brink of defeat for a second straight match to earn a place in her first Grand Slam semifinal, coming from 5-2 down in the second set to defeat Dementieva 4-6, 7-6, 6-0 before losing to Ivanovic in the final. Related articles: Israeli tennis star Shahar Pe'er advances to Australian Open finals Israeli tennis player Peer stars in ads to decrease plastic bag use Bookmark to del.icio.us   Wimbledon shocker Shahar Peer knocks out 9th-seed Safina to slide into the fourth round. Time to hit Iran Israel must destroy Iran's nuclear program within one year or risk being attacked.   1.   try top 16 01:39  |  knower 29/06/08   2.   bravo 01:51  |  claude 29/06/08   3.   WELL done a few million people.One success after another 07:13  |  PETER SM 29/06/08   4.   Wow! Shahar, we love you! הארצ בבקשה!!! 12:37  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/06/08   5.   Kol Hakavod SHACHAR PEER 12:59  |  Ari ben Yisrael 29/06/08   6.   Ha`Aretz a mistake in your headline 13:13  |  Ari ben Yisrael 29/06/08   7.   Pe`er VeKavod 13:15  |  meir gush etzion 29/06/08   8.   WTG Peer good luck RIGHT ??? 19:14  |  M. S. 29/06/08   9.   Good luck Peer 18:49  |  Ajay Kaur 30/06/08

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