We are proud of Li Na who is a Chinese professional                 player and has won 5 WTA and 19 ITF singles titles. Li won the 2011 French Open singles title, making her the first Asian country representative to win a Grand Slam in singles. With her performance at the 2011 Australian Open, she                the first player from an Asian country to appear in a Grand Slam singles final.
Li Na was born                 February 26, 1982, in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Her father Li Shengpeng was a             badminton, following her father’s footsteps. Just before she turned eight, Li started to play tennis when she and her parents were convinced (说服)            coach Xia Xiyao of the Wuhan Youth Tennis Club that this would be the right career move for her. Li joined China’s National Tennis Team in 1997 and at the end of 2002, Li              the national tennis team to study part-time at Huazhong University of Science and Technology,              she completed her bachelor’s (本科) degree in journalism in 2009. She returned to the national team in 2004. Jiang Shan married Li and became her personal coach in 2006. Li left the national team in 2008 and organized her own team. This change was               “Fly Alone” by Chinese media. As a result Li had the freedom to pick her own coaching staff and she could keep more of her winnings.
This year, she won the championship in Australia open. How               we were when we heard of the good news! Congratulations to Li Na!