Injured Amelie Mauresmo, Na Li withdraw from Australian Open warmup

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Amelie Mauresmo and Na Li have withdrawn from the Medibank International, the last major tuneup event before the Australian Open. Mauresmo has re-injured her left thigh, while Li has a right knee injury. "Unfortunately I have...

Li Na looking awesome for Chinese Marie Claire

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Li Na's French Open title propelled her in the world of sponsorships and fashion. As you may have noticed, I'm all for it, it's refreshing to have an Asian in the mix. The image above is from...

Chinese names: Why it’s Li Na and not Na Li?

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Now that China’s Li Na has won Roland Garros I decided to use the opportunity to make a language point about the proper usage of Chinese names, as I have noticed a lot of...

Li, Kvitova to battle in Montreal for the first title of the season

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Li Na and Petra Kvitova both won their first and only Grand Slam titles in 2011 and both are still without titles this season. However, that will change in Montreal today, when one of the two...

Li victorious, Sharapova falls to 0-2 in Istanbul round-robin stage

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The only former champion in the field, Maria Sharapova, looks somehow blocked during this week's WTA Championships and after losing to Samantha Stosur for the first time in their ten matches, the Russian fell...

Australian Open quarterfinals in the bottom half set

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After the seventh day of the Australian Open we have two quarterfinal pairs in the bottom half of the draw: Li Na vs. Agnieszka Radwanska and Maria Sharapova vs. Ekaterina Makarova...

Li Na delivers a boy named Sapajou

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In mid-May Li Na announced that she was pregnant with her second child and now I'm happy to learn that the baby has arrived. It's a boy, named Sapajou! Li's daughter Alisa, born in June 2015, now...

Superb Azarenka beats Li, reaches Istanbul semifinals

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Victoria Azarenka was the last player to come to Istanbul because she was occupied by winning the title in Luxembourg. Remember, the Belarusian was the only one missing in the glamorous player photo shoot...

Quarterfinals set at the China Open

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Now we know all the quarterfinalists of the 4,828,050 China Open. The Marion Bartoli vs. Carla Suarez Navarro quarterfinal was determined yesterday, while after today's third-round matches we know the six remaining members of...

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix semifinalists: Sharapova vs. Kerber, Mattek Sands vs. Li

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Defending champion and top seed Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix after a struggle lasting two hours and 16 minutes against fellow Roland Garros champion and fellow former No.1...