Chinas Li Na wins her first Australian Open title MELBOURNE, - TopicsExpress



          

Chinas Li Na wins her first Australian Open title MELBOURNE, Jan. 25 -- Two-time runner-up Li Na of China finally won her first Australian Open womens singles title here on Saturday after beating Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6 (7/3), 6-0 in the final. This was the second Grand Slam title for the 31-year-old Li, world No. 4 before this final. Li clinched the French Open singles title in 2011, becoming the first Asian player to step on a Grand Slam singles top podium. Cibulkova, 24, is the first Slovak woman to reach a Grand Slam final. Li had entered Australian Open womens singles final in 2011 and 2013. In 2011, she led 1-0 against Kim Clijsters from Belgium in her first Grand Slam final, but failed in the end. A year ago against Victoria Azarenka from Belarus, Li fell down, twisting her ankle and hitting her head so hard on the court that she suffered concussion.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:43:07 +0000

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