After Zheng Qinwen put on a show on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday with a thrilling 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8) win over fellow Chinese player Wang Yafan, the No. 12 seed received the surprise of a lifetime from ...

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, ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- With Li Na in retirement and not defending her title at the Australian Open, there are far fewer Chinese flags and fans with red-and-yellow-streaked faces in the stands at ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Li Na remembers first watching a tennis match on TV, drawn to the unforgettable style of one of the players. Andre Agassi had long hair, an earring and wore denim shorts, and made an ...

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, ...

PARIS (AP) If China's 1.3 billion people want to thank someone for their country's first Grand Slam singles title, they can say ``merci'' to Li Na's former badminton coach. The 29-year-old Li became ...

Does a bronze medal deserve a slap in the face? Apparently, that’s what a Chinese sports official thought tennis star Li Na deserved back in 2001, after she took a disappointing third place in mixed ...

On Saturday, she will be the first Asian-born player to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. By David Waldstein When Li Na was a girl, tennis was often an objectionable chore.

Four years after retiring from tennis, two-time grand slam winner Li Na is back at Wimbledon playing in the 2018 edition’s legends tournament. “I did not really miss playing tennis, but I did miss the ...