subject: Tennis- Li Na, The First Asian Woman To Win Grand Slam Title In The World Of Tennis [print this page] Li Na from China was and is the first Asian woman to win a grand slam title in the world of tennis. She recently bagged the French Open 2011 title. She outplayed Francesca Schiavone of Italy in the final round. It was a jaw-dropping matched. Although, it ended in two sets but both set was very competent. At the end Li Na came out as the big winner and took home the trophy and huge amount of money.
Going back to the history of Li Na, she was born in Wuhan, Hubei, China in February 26, 1982. She stands five feet and around eight inches tall. She started her professional career in the field of tennis in 1999. She is a right handed (two-handed backhand) player. Aside from winning the French Open 2011 Grand Slam title, she also won 5 WTA or World Tennis Association career single titles as well as 19 ITF or International Tennis Federation single titles. That is how competent Li Na is. For the record she has earnings of more than 6 million dollars and believes to balloon her earnings in the years to come. That is not because of her tennis career alone but also the big endorsements she has now with giant companies like Nike, Rolex, Spider Tech, Haagen Dazs and Mercedes Benz.
Many are shocked and in awe when Li Na won the French Open Grand Slam title in 2011 that is mainly because of her age which is quite older for a tennis player. Tennis experts and fans have the notion that when you are above 25 years old, the harder or impossible for you to win a grand slam title. That is because of the fierce competition as well as the emerging of young guns in the world of tennis. But Li Na proved tennis experts and fans wrong. Shes a winner, shes a champion, shes tenacious and she should not be counted off from the field of tennis. She has still power and she has still what it takes to be a champion in the arena of tennis.
