Israel’s Peer beats France’s Razzano 6-2, 6-2 in 2nd round of Dubai Tennis Championship

Peer beats Razzano 6-2, 6-2 in 2nd round at Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Shahar Peer of Israel has beaten Virginie Razzano of France 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championship.

Peer, at No. 22 in the world, is ranked two places higher than Razzano. Peer won 77 percent of the points on her first serve to even their head-to-head record at 2-all.

She will next play top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2, 7-6 (2).

Peer is playing doubles later Tuesday with Galina Voskoboeva of Russia, taking on Alisa Kleybanova and Francesca Schiavone.