Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Li Na advances to the Semifinal at French Open 2011

Australian Open finalist Li Na moved into semifinal of the French Open on Wednesday evening, Beating  Victoria Azarenka. 7-5, 6-2. Li Na recorded history by becoming the first Chinese player to qualify for the French Open semifinal.In this match, Li Na got quite a lot of trouble Azarenka.  29 -year -old tennis player was even made ​​by Azarenka 0-2 behind at half of the first set.  But due to a mistake Azarenka double fault while holding the service, Li Na also managed to reverse the situation before it finally settled the first set with the score 7-5. 
    the second set, Li Na back troubled that she had left behind Azarenka 1-2.  But again Li Na benefited from the mistakes made by Azarenka so that he could reverse the situation. she also swept the last five games and finished with a score of 6-2 Azarenka resistance so that the right to advance to the next round.In the semifinals later, Li Na will face former world number one Maria Sharapova.Sharapova advanced to the semifinals after she managed to beat the German tennis player Andrea Petkovic, two straight sets by a score of 6-0 and 6-3 in the same day. 

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