Coach thinks Shahar Peer has top 15 potential
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Jun 13, 2006 | Print |
Shahar Peer’s new coach thinks she has the potential to make it big on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, and he ought to know talent when he sees it. Adam Peterson, who coached Lindsay Davenport back to the number one tennis ranking, has been working with Shahar Peer for just a short time, and he already likes what he sees.
“Our goal is that wins over top 20 players will be a regular thing for Shahar,” said Peterson, who recently replaced Peer’s coach over the past six years, Oded Ya’akov. “We want her to feel like one of them, and make the jump to the top 15 players in the world.
“Peer has enormous potential,” added Peterson, who coached former world number one Lindsay Davenport until last year. “Her serve is even more powerful than Davenport’s, and is still learning.”
(source: The Haaretz)
If Peer is serving harder than Davenport already, imagine how good she can become once she develops her game further. She is only nineteen years of age and has shot up the rankings over the past several months. She ended 2005 at No. 46 in the world and has already reached No. 24, with half of the 2006 season still to come.
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