Na Li visits Melbourne Chinatown: Australian Open 2011

[jalusbrian]

Li did indeed win chinas first grand slam singles...first Grand slam in doubles was won in 2006 by Yan Zi and Zheng Jie..in 2006 in australia!

[keeyk118b]

she does not look tall when she is on the tennis court becos the other female players are taller. she is 1.72 meters tall which is tall for a chinese woman.

[aaalo2002]

She make it 4 month later in French Open!

[richardhawke]

She is the best!!!!!

[Dimitri0809]

China is also good at boxing and fencing.

[golfmaniac007]

i lub her ground stokes. if she can put more zip in her serves, she has the game to be number one

[lastlollytree]

really like her personality, hope she will win tonight! you can be the best LI Na!

[gt198gtr]

first ever Asian player to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era

[zakuzen]

@gt198gtr, not true, michael chang was the first asian. however Li Na is the first chinese female ever to reach the grand slam finales and winning them.

[merlynalim]

@zakuzen true.. Michael Chang is of Chinese origin, but his nationality is American... Li Na is the first from Asian countries.

[HenryDavidT]

"Can you go all the way?" "I wish!"

What kind of silly humble self-opinion is that? Why not the typical American athletic attitude: I am the best in the universe, and I can beat any one, if I feel like it when I am playing!

Okay, so that she took care of #1... "I wish I could go all the way.... wait, just one more opponent, right? Yes, I wish I beat her, too!" lol

[InevitableAzn]

@HenryDavidT You do realise her English ain't that great as its probably her second language, so for ofc she wont give that desired response your looking for. But it shouldn't matter what she says, all that we need to understand here is that she's a great tennis player and a fighter!

[2onegrams]

@HenryDavidT She means "I hope". Many chinese who speak English as a second language can't quite grasp the subtle difference between hope and wish because most English to Chinese dictionaries define them both as "I desire". I know because I speak Chinese too

[TheQSRay]

@HenryDavidT shh

[jovialanjia]

@HenryDavidT u r too picky man!! see how it goes when u speak a foreign language and let the native speaker judge you.

[kevinindublin]

@HenryDavidT She didn't mean "I wish" sarcastically, she meant it at face value. It's like if a Asian person says to you: "You know very well", they are usually admiring your knowledge of a place or thing. Whereas if an English-speaker says that, they are usually being sarcastic.

[jtag8907]

Go Na Li!!!!!

[odelaylover001]

Hope she wins the Australian Open 2011~ It's gonna be a huge encouragement for Chinese atheletes~! 加油!