Congratulations to Li Na, who won the Australian Open this morning against 20th seed, Dominika Cibulkova, 7-6 (3), 6-0.
A couple of interesting statistics. Li Na now has the same number of grand slams as Victoria Azarenka. Whereas, Azarenka won both of her titles at the Australian Open (2012-13), Li won the French Open (2011) and now the Australian Open (2014).
The rest of this blog post will focus on the impact of Li Na on Women's Tennis (especially in Asia).
Just put it this way. In the United States, our biggest sporting event is the Super Bowl, where approximately over 111 million people watch it yearly. In China, over 116 million people tuned in to watch Li Na win the French Open in 2011.
Li Na has become the face, of women's tennis in Asia, an in a larger scope women's sports. It's quite interesting trying to find an analogy for Li Na in regards to other countries, perhaps here in Spain, the nationalistic support for Nadal (who will be playing in the final against Wawrinka), or perhaps UK and their support for Murray, but neither of these really grasp the magnitude that Li Na has for China, for tennis, for Asia and for women's sports in the region.
Best of luck this season Li Na, but from the looks of it - doesn't look like you really need it.
A couple of interesting statistics. Li Na now has the same number of grand slams as Victoria Azarenka. Whereas, Azarenka won both of her titles at the Australian Open (2012-13), Li won the French Open (2011) and now the Australian Open (2014).
The rest of this blog post will focus on the impact of Li Na on Women's Tennis (especially in Asia).
Just put it this way. In the United States, our biggest sporting event is the Super Bowl, where approximately over 111 million people watch it yearly. In China, over 116 million people tuned in to watch Li Na win the French Open in 2011.
Li Na has become the face, of women's tennis in Asia, an in a larger scope women's sports. It's quite interesting trying to find an analogy for Li Na in regards to other countries, perhaps here in Spain, the nationalistic support for Nadal (who will be playing in the final against Wawrinka), or perhaps UK and their support for Murray, but neither of these really grasp the magnitude that Li Na has for China, for tennis, for Asia and for women's sports in the region.
Best of luck this season Li Na, but from the looks of it - doesn't look like you really need it.
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| Source: WTATENNIS |
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