(Reuters) - Former world number 11 Shahar Peer, the most successful Israeli woman to play on the WTA Tour, announced her retirement because of injury on Tuesday. The 29-year-old righthander won five singles titles in 12 years on the WTA Tour and reached her career high ranking in January 2011. Peer had not played a match on tour since the Abierto Monterrey in February last year, when she lost in the opening round of qualifying. Peer, who turned professional in 2004, became the first Israeli woman to make the quarter-finals of a grand slam, doing so twice in 2007, at the Australian Open and U.S. Open. In addition to her successful WTA career, Peer was a Fed Cup stalwart for Israel, playing 76 matches and compiling a 45-31 record, and in 2008 she represented Israel at the Beijing Olympics.

Source: The Star March 01, 2017 02:27 UTC