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 | China and took tennis, Li Na wins Roland Garros4-06-2011 |
Chinese Li Na reached a historic triumph, after beating Francesca Skiavone with 6:4, 7:6 (0) in the final at Roland Garros and became the first player from Asia Grand Slam singles.
Italian Skiavone defended his title from last year on the courts in Paris and was considered the favorite for many in the final but Li Na showed very strong game and did not leave any chances of his opponent.
Chinese managed to achieve a breakthrough in the middle of the first set, it was enough to win with 6:4 sets. Chinese was uncompromising in its service and gave only one chance to break into Skiavone in the first part.
To continue to be a better player on the court at the beginning of the second set and logically lead to a breakthrough, and even had opportunities to pull with two breaks, but missed them.
In 4:2 in its favor, Skiavone mobilize and gain the submission of her opponent, which evened the score. The two winning his serve to end the set and ended up tiebreaker.
There, Li Na was compelling and did not give any point of Skiavone, achieving a deserved triumph for the Open championship of France.
A 29-year-old became the first Chinese woman, reached the final of the Grand Slam earlier this year when he reached the decisive match of the Australian Open.
Now she became the first player from Asia to win the Grand Slam, and Monday will take fourth place in the world rankings for women.