Having missed six months from the Tour, it didn't take the
China's best ranked Li Na long to return to the top of her
game.
The Chinese No.1 won her comeback event at the Australian
women's hardcourt tennis championships after another gritty win
over Belarus' Victoria Azarenka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final on
Saturday.
En route to the championship match, Li upset Czech top seed
Nicole Vaidisova in the quarterfinals and fourth-seeded Patty
Schnyder of Switzerland in the semifinals, showing China's most
talented player is ready to make a bigger splash in the year of
2008.
It was Li's first WTA title in three years and the second in her
career with the inaugural glory coming from the Guangzhou Open on
home soil in 2004.
The 25-year-old also took home US$28,000.
(Xinhua News Agency January 5, 2008)