If you're still interested, here's an article from last Friday about the ramifications against the Dubai Open for all of this Shahar Peer madness: "Dubai update: WTA imposes sanctions".

Pretty much Peer gets money (the average of what she earned each tournament last year) as does her doubles partner, Dubai gets fined $300,000 for breach of tour rules (that's where Peer's payday comes from), and the kicker - a series of conditions that Dubai must meet to be included on the 2010 calendar.

The three conditions include confirmation that all players who qualify will be allowed to play and issued the proper visas regardless of nationality, that Peer will be offered a wild card spot for 2010 lest she does not qualify, and my favorite "proof of approved UAE entry permit to enter the UAE for any Israeli player a minimum of eight (8) weeks prior to the start of the 2010 Dubai tournament".

This is big news, my friends. Oddly I can't imagine any sides of this quarrel feel particularly good about the outcome. It'll be interesting to see what happens in twelve months ...