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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/37900/full/37900/israels-sela-climbs-in-world-tennis-rankings/ <br /><br /> <b>Israel’s Sela climbs in world tennis rankings</b> <br /> Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | by amanda pazornik <br /><br />I consider myself a “hardcore” tennis fan – I can rattle off rankings, pick out players by their grunts alone and never think twice about losing sleep when there’s a live match to watch – at 3 a.m.<br /><br />When it comes to Israeli tennis players, I can name the big three: Andy Ram, Jonathan Erlich and Shahar Peer. <img align="right" alt="200px-dudi_sela_israel_tennis_championship_2008_2_446" height="446" hspace="5" src="http://jweekly.com/images/uploads/blog_art/200px-dudi_sela_israel_tennis_championship_2008_2_446.jpg" title="200px-dudi_sela_israel_tennis_championship_2008_2_446" vspace="5" width="200" /><br /><br />Yet, according to a recent Jerusalem Post article, there’s another name I should add to that list – Dudi Sela…I know, I was scratching my head too.  <div class="capDivRightBrd" style="width: 200px;"> <div class="caption"><br /></div> </div> On April 27, Sela reached a career-high 56 in the ATP rankings by advancing to the second round of the Aegean Tennis Cup Challenger in Greece.  <br /><br />The 24-year-old handed wildcard Alexandros Georgoudas of Germany a 6-1, 6-0 loss in the first round and will face American Amer Delic next. <div class="capDivRightBrd" style="width: 200px;"> <div class="caption"><br /></div> </div> Sela is seeded first in the $125,000 tournament.  <br /><br />In other tennis news, the Jerusalem Post reports Erlich will make his long-awaited return from injury in Greece this week, partnering with Amir Hadad to build his fitness level before rejoining Ram in the ATP’s top events. <br /><br />Erlich has been sidelined since the second round of the U.S. Open in August of last year. <br /><br />Ram is playing with Max Mirnyi of Belarus in the Rome Masters this week. The pair, seeded seventh, received a first-round bye.   <br /><br />Shahar Peer, who’s playing in Fes, Morocco this week, is ranked 53 in the world. <br />

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