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Won the 2011 French Open women's singles tennis title, becoming the first player from China to win a grand slam in singles. She also reached the final of the 2011 Australian Open.
- As well as partnering with all 4 grand slams, Rolex sponsors the Shanghai Masters – the only Association of Tennis Professionals Masters 1000 championship hosted outside Europe or North America
- Roger Federer, Li Na, Iga Świątek, Dominic Thiem, Angelique Kerber, Chris Evert, Caroline Wozniacki and Stefanos Tsitsipas are among the Swiss watchmakers’ illustrious tennis testimonies
Zheng Qinwen and Yuan Yue join Wang Xiyu and Zhang Shaui in third round at Flushing Meadow.
China’s most successful star and husband Jiang Shan speak frankly in interview for Hunan-based Mango TV.
Chinese players have now won at least one title at every major, as well as Olympics gold, after women’s doubles triumph in New York.
‘London, Toronto, Bucharest, Shenyang’ writes 18-year-old Li Na and Simona Halep fan Raducanu in social media bio as fans and Wimbledon prize money rack up.
Four of China’s five women’s doubles players out in second round with only No 13 seed Zheng Saisai still involved in Paris.
Topic trends on Weibo after image of an application to Busan consulate in South Korea was uploaded on Monday.
World No 39 Zhang Shuai becomes first Chinese player in French Open fourth round at Roland Garros since Li Na in 2012 after hard-fought win over teen Clara Burel.
The Wuhan native’s victory over Francesca Schiavone in Paris in 2011 was first singles grand slam for an Asian tennis player and former world No 2 handed 2019 Australian Open to Naomi Osaka.
Japanese tennis star eclipses Maria Sharapova’s 2015 benchmark of US$29.7 million, earning US$1.4 million more than Serena Williams in last 12 months.
Superstar swimmer may be innocent of taking drugs but he does himself no favours with his often abrasive attitude.
Olympian’s son and mother-in-law also diagnosed with the disease but are recovering.
David Beckham, Sun Yang and Jeremy Lin among stars supporting Wuhan coronavirus fight as growing number of Chinese athletes and clubs offer help as city battles outbreak.
Retired tennis ace Li Na and other Wuhan sports stars make donations to help hometown fight against deadly coronavirus
Li Na made history as the first Asian-born tennis player to win not just one but two Grand Slam titles – but since retiring five years ago, what has the Chinese champion been plotting next?
China’s only grand slam event winner only reached quarter-finals at the All-England Club three times
The victory of Li Na in the Australian Open not only focused the attention of the media and bloggers on the glamour of the tennis star, but has also sparked a debate over whether the system for training the nation's athletes is in need of an overhaul.
Sporting greatness is about more than winning trophies. Li Na claimed only her second tennis grand slam crown at the Australian Open at the weekend, but she is already one of the sport's most loved figures.
World number two Rafael Nadal said yesterday he felt no extra pressure heading into a semi-final at the China Open which could see him return to the top of the men's rankings.
Women's Tennis Association chief Stacey Allaster hailed Li Na's rise as a key factor behind the growth of women's tennis in Asia as the next generation of Chinese players follow in the grand slam winner's footsteps.
A disappointed Li Na admitted to an attack of stage fright in her humbling US Open semi-final loss to Serena Williams and said she would have lost to any opponent she faced.
After Li became the first Chinese player to reach the semi-finals at the US Open with a laboured 2½-hour win over 24th seed Ekaterina Makarova, she watched the seemingly unstoppable Williams crush her Spanish opponent 6-0, 6-0, the first "double bagel" in a quarter-final at Flushing Meadows since 1989, when 18-time major winner Martina Navratilova did it to Manuela Maleeva.
