Li Na's father wanted her to follow in his footsteps and play badminton, but coaches said she wasn't good enough. They suggested she try tennis instead. Li Na was 14 years old and busy competing in ...

Li Na wrote that one all by herself. The 28-year-old already made history by becoming the first Chinese tennis player to reach a Grand Slam final.

Li Na outperformed Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open, but can China’s biggest sporting star now do the almost unthinkable and surpass the Russian as the world’s richest female athlete? Maybe – ...

BEIJING (AP) — Two days after announcing the end of her momentous tennis career in an open letter to friends and fans, Li Na entered her farewell news conference with the appearance of somebody who ...

— -- In recent years, size has mostly mattered in women's tennis. Bigger has almost always been better. Dominika Cibulkova, who is listed at 5-foot-3, was not blessed with the standard stature of ...

Li Na will soon have the same number of children as she does major singles titles. Just ahead of the French Open, an event she won in 2011, Li announced via Facebook that she is pregnant with her ...

BEIJING -- Li Na, a two-time Grand Slam champion from China who took tennis in Asia to a new level, has retired due to recurring knee injuries. Li, 32, posted a statement on social media sites Friday, ...

PARIS -- China's long wait for a Grand Slam champion ended Saturday when Li Na beat Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final. The Australian Open runner-up celebrated by falling flat ...

The tennis tournament, which starts Sunday in the hometown of Asia’s first major singles winner Li Na, is only in its third year. Yet it has spent 1.5 billion yuan ($225 million) on facilities that ...

Li Na is Asia’s only grand slam singles champion and one of the most famous Chinese athletes of all time. The 2014 Australian Open winner announced her retirement last September and, on Monday, ...

Li Na may be one of China’s most influential sports stars but at home she is just like most parents, regularly being brought back down to earth by one of her children. The now 37-year-old Li has ...