www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Sports / Tennis

Official release from World Tennis Association (WTA) on Li Na's retirement

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-09-19 13:38

Asia's first Grand Slam singles champion won Roland Garros in 2011 and the Australian Open in 2014

Li's career-high singles ranking of No.2 is the best ever achieved by a player from Asia and her success inspired a generation

ST PETERSBURG, FL, USA - Chinese tennis trailblazer and reigning Australian Open champion Li Na today brought down the curtain on a glittering 15-year professional career with the announcement of her official retirement from the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

Winner of nine WTA singles titles, two doubles titles and a two-time Grand Slam champion, the 32-year-old marks the end of a career that saw her become one of the very best and most popular players in the history of women's tennis.

"Li Na has been a fun, powerful, and wonderful player on the WTA tour and, along with her fans, I am sad to hear that she has retired," said WTA Chairman & CEO Stacey Allaster. "In addition to her amazing tennis abilities and her warm and humorous personality, she is a pioneer who opened doors to tennis for hundreds of millions of people throughout China and Asia. It's hard to be a household name in a nation with 1.4 billion people, but that's what Li Na is. Thanks to all she has achieved and contributed, her legacy is immense and I have no doubt that her contributions to the WTA will be seen for decades to come in China, throughout Asia and the rest of the world. I wish her the best of luck in this next chapter in her life. I will miss her, and I know that while she may be retired from competition, she still will play a big role in the growth of our sport around the world."

Li etched her name in the history books at Roland Garros in 2011 when she became the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title, defeating Top 10 rivals in each of her last four matches. Earlier in 2011 she was the first player from the region to reach a major final, finishing runner-up to Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open. After another run to the final at the Australian Open in 2013, when she was edged by Victoria Azarenka in a dramatic three-setter, Li captured her second Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park in January this year – just the second woman aged over 30 to win the title in the Open Era, after Margaret Court. The victory helped propel Li to World No.2 on February 17, 2014 – the highest ranking ever attained by an Asian player.

Over the course of her career, particularly in later years as her success reached its crescendo, Li's powerful game delivered against the very best. Her 21 wins over Top 5 opponents included two over reigning World No.1s – Serena Williams at Stuttgart in 2008 and Caroline Wozniacki at the 2011 Australian Open. In total she reached 21 WTA singles finals (going 9-12 in those) and in addition to her wins at the Australian Open and Roland Garros was a semifinalist at the US Open and quarterfinalist at Wimbledon.

Along the way, Li established a string of breakthroughs for Chinese tennis, alongside her Grand Slam title triumphs. She was the first to win a WTA singles title (2004 Guangzhou) and first to win a WTA Premier title (2011 Sydney); first to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal (2006 Wimbledon); first to compete in singles at the WTA Finals (2011-13, finishing runner-up to S.Williams on her most recent appearance); and first to crack the singles Top 20 (August 14, 2006), Top 10 (February 1, 2010) and Top 5 (June 6, 2011). As well as representing her country in Fed Cup competition in eight different years she was a three-time Olympian for China (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and London 2012). She also played countrywoman Zheng Jie in the first All-Chinese WTA singles final at Estoril in 2006 (won by Zheng) and earlier this year won the second All-China final in WTA history at Shenzhen, defeating Peng Shuai for the title.

Li steps away from the game with a career singles win-loss record of 503-188 and prize money earnings of $16,709,074. She is currently ranked No.6.

Most Popular
What's Hot
Highlights
Special
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 婷婷色九月综合激情丁香 | 三级香蕉 | 成人久久视频 | 中国美女黄色一级片 | 亚洲成a人片在线观看 欧美 | 欧美a级在线观看 | 成人小视频在线播放 | 亚洲综合无码一区二区 | 亚洲欧美在线播放 | 欧美aaaaaabbbbb | 青青久草 | 成人欧美网站 | 一区二区三区国产精品 | 91资源在线播放 | 一级黄色欧美片 | 国产亚洲精品久久久久久无 | 男人的天堂视频在线观看 | 伊在人亚洲香蕉精品区 | 国产精品观看在线亚洲人成网 | 欧美一级黄色毛片 | 亚洲欧美第一 | 中文一区二区在线观看 | 99久久精品免费精品国产 | 久久久久久全国免费观看 | 成人软件18免费网站 | 一级特黄aa大片欧美网站 | 欧美性色生活片免费播放 | 美国一级毛片在线 | 欧美午夜精品久久久久久黑人 | 国产精品午夜波多野结衣性色 | 亚洲国产精品一区二区三区在线观看 | 久久伊人男人的天堂网站 | 在线视频亚洲 | 日韩在线第一区 | 青久草视频| 二级黄的全免费视频 | 亚洲午夜精品一区二区 | 99视频国产热精品视频 | 欧美日韩性视频一区二区三区 | 亚洲欧美精品成人久久91 | 免费观看欧美一级特黄 |