Archive for category: Li Na
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Li Na takes out Bouchard in second round of Rogers Cup
The number eleven has been significant in Eugenie Bouchard’s two rounds at the Rogers Cups this week. In the first round, the eighteen year old Canadian wildcard took out former world number 11, Shahar Peer of Israel, in three sets on the second day of play. Yesterday, the current world [...] -
Federer Makes Hard Work of Isner to Set Up Olympic Semi Final Clash with Del Potro
John Isner was always going to be a tough nut to crack and he proved his worth against the world no.1 on Centre Court today. Roger Federer eventually triumphed in straight sets, but it took a nervous tie-break to separate the two players in the second. The tenth seeded American [...] -
Tennis’ Top Females lead the Forbes Rich List
Maria Sharapova and her fellow top female tennis players Li Na, Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka are not just leading the WTA rankings list, they’re also at the top of the Forbes list of the World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes. Although the top ten list is filled with professional tennis players, it [...] -
Olympic Tennis Women’s Draw Preview and Analysis
The draw for the Olympic Women’s Singles Tennis event was held today and it appears to have created some intriguing matchups. Unlike the men’s game, which has seen an exclusive club dominate the sport over the last few years, the women’s game has seen a revolving door of players entering [...] -
Li Na, is she or isn’t she getting her own Stadium?
In a year in which the world’s finest tennis players are being honoured in the strangest ways possible for their talents and successes, the top Chinese player Li Na has outdone them all with a stadium being built in her honour. Or has she? The Qianjian Evening News reported this [...] -
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal hit Forbes Top 100
These two players are used to making it to the top of the rankings for their tennis wins and achievements, but they were granted a new honour this week as they, and three of their fellow female tennis players, were featured in the 2012 Forbes’ Top 100 list of the [...] -
Defending champion Clisters defeats Li
Former world no.1 Kim Clisters saved four matchpoints against the Chinese Li Na at the 2012 Australian Open, winning 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4. With this win she set up a possible match with the world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. Clisters came back from an almost impossible situation. She [...] -
Azarenka beats Li and captures Sydney title
Victoria Azarenka celebrated her sixth WTA title after she beat Chinese Li Na in the final of the Sydney International 6-2 1-6 6-3. Defending champion Li showed some great tennis throughout the week but Azarenka proved to have just a bit too much for her this time. Li reached the [...] -
Defending champion Li upsets Kvitova in Sydney
Li Na of China moved into her second consecutive final at the Sydney International as she beat world no.2 Petra Kvitova 1-6 7-5 6-2. Kvitova had a chance to take the world no.1 spot and overtake Caroline Wozniacki, but she had to win this tournament. She was a set and [...] -
Kvitova through to Sydney semis,Wozniacki out
World no.2 Petra Kvitova booked her spot in the semifinals at the Sydney International with a win over Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-0 6-4. She will now play against the former Frech Open winner Li Na, who defeated Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic with a scoreline of 6-2 7-6 (3). [...] -
Tsonga and Ferrero to meet in QF at China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved into the quarterfinal of the China Open after ousting the Chinese wildcard holder Ze Zhang in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. The top seed French player set up a quarterfinal match against the former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero after the Spaniard defeated Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-4. Tsonga [...] -
Australian Open to have the highest prize money ever
Australian Open 2012 will witness the highest prize money ever paid out to the players in history of tennis. It will be a total of A$26 million (US$25 million) and both men’s and women’s champions will be awarded a record A$2.3 million (US$ 2.18 million) each. In comparison, this year’s [...] -
Li Na shocking first round exit from China Open
World no.5 Li Na very surprisingly lost her first round match at the China Open to a Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-0. For Li Na, this was the first appearance in Beijing since winning the French Open 2011 title. The Chinese has been struggling with form recently and hasn’t [...]
