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 ...

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.

BEIJING (AP) Li Na may have fallen short of an Australian Open title, but she remains ``the pride of China.'' Li, the first Chinese to play in a Grand Slam singles final, lost to Kim Clijsters 3-6 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Chinese superstar Li Na is excited by the state of the women’s game at present after yet another dramatic fortnight at Wimbledon and is looking forward to what will be an intriguing US Open in ...

For the second consecutive year in Australia, Li Na asks her Chinese fans to stop giving her instructions during matches. Last year at the Australian Open, Li asked the chair umpire to tell the ...