Kim Clijsters of Belgium beat Wuhan-born Li Na (李娜) 3-6 6-3 6-3 to win the Australian Open and her fourth grand slam title earlier today. Despite a strong start, Li imploded under pressure halfway into the game, and marched up to British umpire Alison Lang after the second set, demanding, "Can you tell the Chinese, don't teach me how to play tennis?" Well done, anyway, Li Na! You'll have many more grand slams ahead of you!
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Li Na (李娜) moved into the semifinals at the 2010 Australian Open today by defeating 7-time Grand Slam champion, Venus Williams, 2-6, 7-6(4), 7-5. Despite being down a set, 3-5, and two points away from losing the match, Li Na fought back using her powerful groundstrokes off both sides, successfully moving Venus from side to side. more ›

Zheng Jie (郑洁) continues to plow through the 2010 Australian Open, making her way into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-3 vicory over Maria Kirilenko, of Russia. During the match, Zheng used her deep and accurate groundstrokes along with her fast feet to defeat the Russian player who upset Maria Sharapova earlier in the tournament. more ›

Li Na (李娜) and Zheng Jie (郑洁) reached the quarterfinals of this year's Australian Open, currently going on. Today, Li Na, the number 16 seed, advanced by defeating the world's number 4, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, 6-4, 6-3. However, Li is not the first Chinese woman to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. That honor goes to Zheng Jie, who by sheer luck, played her match yesterday. She defeated the number 31 seed, Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine, 7-6(5), 6-4. Li Na will next take on Venus Williams, seeded 6th, while Zheng Jie will take on unseeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia. more ›

It's not easy being the only male player of Chinese descent at a tennis tournament, but Taiwanese player, Lu Yen-Hsun (卢彦勋) doesn't seem to mind. He scored the first major upset on the men's side of the Australian Open yesterday. He defeated the number ten seed, David Nalbandian of Argentina, 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. In the 3rd round, the no. 61 player in the world will next play the no. 21 seed, Tommy Robredo from Spain. Regardless of what happens, this will be the best grand slam effort of Lu's career. more ›