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Quick visit to mum puts Li Na right

June 18, 2013 23:00
By Clare Fallon EASTBOURNE, England (Reuters) - Who can a woman turn to when everything falls apart? Her mother, of course - even if, in Li Na's case, it necessitated a 12-hour flight from Paris to China after her early exit from the French Open. Wimbledon might not be her most successful tournament but Li says she is feeling "totally relaxed" ahead of next week's grasscourt grand slam, thanks to the flying visit home.

Tennis: Mattek-Sands sends Li Na out of French Open

Agence France-PresseMay 30, 2013 14:46
China's Li Na crashed out of the French Open on Thursday losing 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 to Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States in a second round tie badly disrupted by rain. It was the first time the 2011 champion had gone out at such an early stage of the tournament in seven appearances and wrecked her hopes of a second straight Grand Slam final appearance after Australia in January. As she did in the first round against Anabel Medina Garrigues, sixth-seeded Li got off to a strong start winning the first four games before the stocky American rallied to win the next four.

Tennis: Li ends giant killing exploits of Muguruza

March 25, 2013 16:01
China's Li Na reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters here on Monday with an error strewn 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 win over giantkilling Spanish teenager Garbine Muguruza. Li - who is playing in her first tournament since suffering an ankle injury in January's Australian Open - made 39 unforced errors, including four double faults, and allowed her 19-year-old opponent to battle back to 5-5 in the first set having led 5-1.

Tennis: Li ends giant killing exploits of Mugurza

March 25, 2013 15:47
China's Li Na reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters here on Monday with an error strewn 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 win over giantkilling Spanish teenager Garbine Muguruza. Li - who is playing in her first tournament since suffering an ankle injury in January's Australian Open - made 39 unforced errors including four double faults and allowed her 19-year-old opponent to battle back to 5-5 in the first set having led 5-1.

Tennis: Li ends giant killing exploits of Mugurza

March 25, 2013 14:21
China's Li Na reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters here on Monday with an error strewn 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 win over giantkilling Spanish teenager Garbine Muguruza. Li - who is playing in her first tournament since suffering an ankle injury in January's Australian Open - made 39 unforced errors including four double faults and allowed her 19-year-old opponent to battle back to 5-5 in the first set having led 5-1.

Tennis: Li advances to fourth round at Miami

March 23, 2013 13:16
China's fifth-seeded Li Na smacked 19 winners and fought off a late comeback bid to defeat American Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to reach the fourth round of the WTA and ATP Miami Masters event. Li had been sidelined for seven weeks after hurting her left ankle in the Australian Open final, which she lost to Victoria Azarenka. With Saturday's win, she improved to 16-2 on the season and booked a date in the round of 16 against the winner of a later match between Danish ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki and Spain's Garbine Muguruza.

Tennis: Li makes winning return to WTA tour

March 21, 2013 15:16
China's Li Na made a winning return to WTA action on Thursday, beating Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-1 in her second-round opener at the Miami WTA and ATP Masters hardcourt tournament. Li had been sidelined for seven seeks after hurting her left ankle in the final of the Australian Open, where she fell to Victoria Azarenka. "I wasn't nervous today before the match, but I was excited," Li said. "For the last six or seven weeks I haven't played any tournaments so I was happy with the result and to win my first match after such a long time."

Tennis: Li Na's ankle recovery slower than hoped

February 27, 2013 07:48
China's Li Na will miss an exhibition match in Hong Kong after an ankle injury she sustained in last month's Australian Open final failed to respond well enough to treatment, organisers said Wednesday. The announcement comes weeks after the world number five also withdrew from the $2.3 million Qatar Open. The 31-year-old twisted her ankle twice during her three-set loss to Victoria Azarenka in Melbourne just over one month ago and "has not responded enough to intense treatment", said a spokesman for the exhibition match.

Tennis-Gallant Li sees lighter side of defeat after black-out

January 26, 2013 10:30
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Li Na's bid for a second grand slam title ended tearfully with an injured ankle, a bruised head and a heart-breaking defeat to Victoria Azarenka, but she could still laugh off her "stupid" falls after a gallant failure in the Australian Open final. Li raised gasps from the Rod Laver Arena crowd as she rolled her left ankle twice in the 4-6 6-4 6-3 loss on Saturday, and banged her head on the blue centre court on the second fall, causing her to black out momentarily.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Azarenka levels Australian Open final

January 26, 2013 07:00
* Azarenka levels match at one set all * Chinese suffers ankle injury in second set (updates after second set) MELBOURNE, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka levelled the Australian Open final against China's Li Na at one set all after she took advantage of a painful-looking ankle injury to the Chinese to take the second set 6-4.
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