Na Li (tennis) biography
Date of birth : 1982-02-26
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Wuhan, Hubei, China
Nationality : Chinese
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-04-19 12:19:46
Credited as : Professional Tennis player, WTA tour, Grand Slam final
As of April 11, 2011, she is ranked as No. 7 in the world according to the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings; her career high was one spot higher, at 6. She has won four WTA and nineteen ITF titles. At the 2011 Australian Open, Li Na became China's first Grand Slam singles finalist player.
Singles Titles
2010: Birmingham
2008: Gold Coast
2004: Guangzhou
Doubles Titles
2006: Birmingham
2000: Tashkent
2010:
Li's first tournament of 2010 was the 2010 ASB Classic in Auckland. where she was seeded second. She was defeated by Kaia Kanepi in the first round 6–1 6–3. In the Medibank International she defeated 4th seed Caroline Wozniacki 2–6 6–3 6–2. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in the second round, 2–6, 6–7(4).
Li was seeded 16th at the 2010 Australian Open. She defeated World No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki in the 4th round 6–4 6–3 and then came from a set and 3–5 down to defeat World No. 6 Venus Williams 2–6, 7–6(4), 7–5 in her first ever Australian Open quarterfinal, and only her third ever Grand Slam quarterfinals. In the semi-finals she lost to Serena Williams 7–6(4), 7–6(1). As a result of this performance, Li was the first Chinese woman ever to be ranked in the Top 10 of women's professional tennis.
At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Li, the number 8 seed, defeated María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(7) 2–6 6–4 in the second round. She then came from a 6–3 5–2 deficit to defeat Marion Bartoli in the 3rd round, 3–6 7–5 6–0. Li retired in her Quarterfinals match against Shahar Pe'er. Li was trailing 5–7 0–3 when she retired. Li continued her season at the inaugural Malaysian Open. As the #2 seed, she fell to Tatjana Malek in the first round. As the 7th seed at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, Li fell to Elena Baltacha in the second round 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–7(7)
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