Li Na, who blazed a trail for a generation of women tennis players in China, says the country's men are now in desperate need of an inspirational role model. Li sparked unprecedented interest in ...

Li Na said she is sorry Chinese tennis ... Chinese players went beyond the third round. Following her rapturous reception in Wuhan, her home city, Li said she was disappointed that China hadn ...

Li Na has suggested that players at the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open last week were fatigued and could reach greater heights if they are better at selecting their competitions. Speaking to the ...

WUHAN, China ... International Tennis Center in hopes of witnessing another milestone in Chinese tennis history: The first domestic player to win a WTA 1000 event since Li Na’s 2012 victory ...

China’s historic tennis success at the Paris ... s ability to continue producing players that make it into the top 100 in the world, said Li Na, the only mainland athlete to have won a grand ...

Thirteen years ago at the French Open, Chinese tennis player Li Na made history ... bidding farewell to professional tennis, Li Na shares with China Daily her experience as a trailblazer and ...

Before super-agent Max Eisenbud joined Li Na's team, tennis players sponsored by Nike had ... It's going to be China, so you're going to be able to justify to the world, to the Sharapovas and ...

So, too, was the world at large. Lucky to find Li Na, the 7-year-old Chinese girl who chose tennis over badminton. Growing up in Wuhan, Hubei Province in Central China, Zheng’s favorite player was ...

Huddled around a small television in a classroom in China, a group of schoolgirls cheered as Li Na won the 2014 Australian Open, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to win a grand slam title.

China is obsessed with tennis ... but his fondest tennis memories are of coaching promising Chinese players, including Li Na, as they rose up the ranks amid a booming national interest in the ...