International Soccer Players: li na chinese tennis star

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Li Na was born on February 26, 1982, in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Her father Li Shengpeng was an amateur badminton player. the time she was 8, her coach asked her parents if she could switch to tennis, which she did at the age of 9. Li joined China's National Tennis Team in 1997 and turned pro in 1999. the relationship between her and her teammate, future husband Jiang Shan was opposed by the national team some reported that her national coach Yu Liqiao was too strict towards her and her teammates, which was claimed by Li afterwards others reported that she asked for a personal coach rather than a shared coach but was rejected.
However, Li returned to the national team in 2004. 1999 and 2004, Li won 20 women's singles titles: 19 ITF events and one—the first ever won by a Chinese woman—on the WTA Tour. In January 2008, she won her second WTA Tour title after a drought of over three and a quarter years.
Li also frequently enters doubles tournaments at events alongside singles, and has won two WTA doubles titles and 16 further ITF doubles events. As the 7th seed at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, Li fell to Elena Baltacha in the second round 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–7. Li was the 8th seed at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, but fell to Timea Bacsinszky in the second round.
At the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Li defeated defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round before falling to eventual runner-up Sam Stosur 6–3, 6–3 in the quarterfinals. Li was the 11th seed at the 2010 French Open. She fell to eventual champion #17 Francesca Schiavone in the third round.
Li was seeded 1st at the 2010 AEGON Classic. She defeated 4th seed Aravane Rezaï in the semifinals and #2 seed Maria Sharapova in the final to win the tournament. he started off as the #8 seed, but suffered an upset to Kateryna Bondarenko 2–6, 6–4, 6–2.
At the end of the year, Li's coach Thomas Hogstead chose to leave her in order to coach Maria Sharapova.
2011 Medibank International Sydney as the #8 seed, making fast work with Australian wildcard Anastasia Rodionova 6–1, 6–2 and winning a tough three-set match against Virginie Razzano 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 in the first two rounds. Although Li claimed the first set, Clijsters was able to rally back and claim the championship, winning 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. Despite the loss, Li's ranking rose to a career high of world #7.
Despite a good early start to the season, Li then has now in a 5 match losing streak after her lost in the final of the Australian Open, she lost in the first round of 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships and 2011 Qatar Ladies Open. She defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, coming back from, 3–4, one break down in the deciding set. This victory marked her the first semifinals appearance in Madrid, where she eventually lost to Petra Kvitová 3–6, 1–6.
Li's resurgence continued in 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Seeded 4th, she received a bye in the first round. She won her opening match against Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 6–2. She defeated Jarmila Gajdošová 6–2, 6–1, and Gréta Arn 6–3, 6–1