China’s third-seeded Li Na beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6(7-3), 6-0 to win her first Australian Open women’s singles title here Saturday. Both players broke each other’s service twice and forced a tiebreak in the first set. Mini-breaks were exchanged in the tiebreak before Li served out to win the first set. Cibulkova failed to […]
Two-time finalist Li Na took less than an hour to beat Russia’s 22nd-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 and to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open here Sunday. The Chinese broke Makarova’s serve five times to set up a quarterfinal clash with Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, Xinhua reported. Pennetta beat Germany’s ninth-seeded Angelique Kerber in three […]
