Li started out as a badminton player, adept at the national sport, but was identified as a tennis prospect at age 9. She later entered the national system.

Li Na may be one of China’s most influential sports stars but at home she is just like most parents, regularly being brought back down to earth by one of her children. The now 37-year-old Li has ...

Na has been busy with more than endorsements and raising her two children. She earned an executive MBA and she's working to open the Li Na Academy to help kids succeed in tennis.

When Time Magazine unveiled its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2013, nestled among icons from various fields was China's tennis sensation Li Na. Beyond her success on the ...

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) First came the Russians. Now, women's tennis is preparing for a Chinese boom after Li Na's historic win at the French Open. Anna Kournikova's success in the late 1990s ...

Li Na, 37, became the first tennis player from Asia to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 2011 French Open. Brittainy Newman/The New York Times ...

Looking back now, nothing can touch Li Na’s title run. The photos of her holding the winner’s trophy in Paris still make the world feel a little smaller, and tennis a lot bigger.

Li also won the 2014 Australian Open and rose to a career-high No. 2 in the world that same year, before quitting tennis in 2014 following a string of injuries. ... Li Na retired from tennis in 2014.

Li Na, China’s first major singles tennis champion, will become the first player from Asia to be inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Li, the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian ...

Nation Sports Li Na’s tennis journey to stretch from China to Hall of Fame July 18, 2019 at 10:02 pm Updated July 19, 2019 at 8:14 am ...

China’s tennis boom, inspired by the success of two-time major winner Li Na, is gathering pace as the city of Shenzhen struck a record, 10-year deal with the women’s WTA tour.