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Shahar Peer of Israel defeated top seed Anastasia Myskina of Russia to win the title at the Istanbul Cup in Turkey. The 19 year old took her third title this year after defeating Myskina in three sets, 1-6, 6-3 and 7-6 (3). Earlier Peer won in February at Pattaya City in Thailand and two weeks ago in Prague, Czech Republic.

“This is my biggest victory, to beat someone ranked as high as Myskina,” said Peer. “This was an amazing end to the tournament. I never gave up, and I kept believing in myself.”

“Its great to win another tournament before the French Open, so I am going to go to Paris really high on confidence.”

Myskina failed to take her 11th career title. The Russian had to play the Istanbul final with an injured right arm.

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