Li Na just one step away from Grand Slam title

I wonder how many billion people will be watching this year's Australian Open women final.

It could be a recording breaking year with the entire country of China rooting for Li Na alone.

Congrats to Li Na for becoming the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final after defeated world no.1 and top seed Caroline Wozniacki 3-6 7-5 6-3.

(Iimage via Yahoo! Sports)

Li Na in festive mood as Lunar New Year draws near

On Tuesday, Li Na made a visit to Chinatown and was photographed attending a lion dance performance.

She'll be playing against Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinal at the Australian Open today and in her bid to become the first Asian player to play in the final and win a Grand Slam.

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(Images via Sina Sports, Getty Images via Yahoo! Sports)

Justine Henin retires... again

Justine Henin retired from tennis for a second time.

She announced that on her website yesterday, citing a lingering right elbow injury that cut short her comeback.

(Image by Getty Images)

BMW Malaysian Open: Dinara Safina, Marion Bartoli among players announced

The BMW Malaysian Open official website was updated yesterday.

The tournament organiser has posted the main draw list but we have no idea who are the players that will receive wildcard this year.

Here's the complete list:

• Marion Bartoli FRA
• Alisa Kleybanova RUS
• Lucie Safarova CZE
• Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN
• Shuai Peng CHN
• Bojana Jovanovski SRB
• Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
• Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
• Ayumi Morita JPN
• Dinara Safina RUS
• Alberta Brianti ITA
• Shuai Zhang CHN
• Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
• Maria Elena Camerin ITA
• Junri Namigata JPN
• Regina Kulikova RUS
• Kai-Chen Chang TPE
• Zuzana Kucova SVK
• Kurumi Nara JPN
• Xinyun Han CHN
• Misaki Doi JPN
• Tatjana Malek GER
• Jelena Dokic AUS
• Michaella Krajicek NED
• Plus 4 qualifiers and 4 wild cards

Li Na who came here last year will most likely miss this small tournament.

I'm quite impressed with the quality and number of sponsors this year. And because of that fans get to enjoy affordable ticket prices this time around. I suggest you get your season passes before February 25, 2011 as a single pass only costs you RM100.

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