Li Na was the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title on the WTA Tour, building a remarkable career that came to an abrupt end at age 32.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

NEW YORK—Two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na kicked off her 2019 International Tennis Hall Of Fame induction tour on Thursday at the Sutton East Tennis Club in Manhattan, headlining a kids’ clinic in ...

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.

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 ...