January 21, 2013

0 Tennis: Li Beats Radwanska to Make Final Four of Australian Open

Li Na wore down Agnieszka Radwanska with a barrage of power-hitting to beat the fourth seed 7-5 6-3 and advance to her third semi-final at the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Chinese sixth seed overcame her customary slow start to edge the Pole in a tight first set and after trailing 2-0 in the second, reeled off five straight games to march to the brink of victory in bright sunshine at Rod Laver Arena. 

Li survived a late wobble conceding two break points when serving for the match, but reeled off five straight points to seal it after 102 minutes when Radwanska pushed a forehand long. Li, runner-up to Kim Clijsters in 2011, will face the winner of the match between second seed Maria Sharapova and fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova for a place in the final.

Reuters
source : the jakarta globe

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