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Li Na (China) (24364518991)
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Li na 2007 sydney medibank international
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Li Na at the 2009 US Open 01
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李娜

Lǐ Nà
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Li Na, Chinese tennis player, two-time Grand Slam singles champion (2011 French Open, 2014 Australian Open) - the first Asian player to win a major singles title

About Li Na

born 1982 · 运动员 athlete

Tennis player from Wuhan whose win at the 2011 French Open, the first Grand Slam singles title for an Asian player, set off a tennis boom in China. She won the 2014 Australian Open and retired later that year.

Examples

HSK 7-9
李娜是亚洲第一位大满贯单打冠军。
Lǐ Nà shì Yàzhōu dìyī wèi dà mǎnguàn dāndǎ guànjūn.
Li Na is the first Asian Grand Slam singles champion.
HSK 7-9
李娜退役后致力于网球推广。
Lǐ Nà tuìyì hòu zhìlìyú wǎngqiú tuīguǎng.
After retirement, Li Na devoted herself to promoting tennis.

Tips

culture
About 116 million people in China watched her 2011 French Open final against Schiavone live. Her blunt, joking press conferences broke with the usual script for Chinese athletes and made her a favourite of foreign reporters.
history
She was one of the first Chinese athletes allowed to break from the state system under the '单飞' (solo flight) reform, keeping most of her prize money in exchange for paying her own coaches - the template many later Chinese tennis players followed.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ
娜 nà