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LiNaDownsWilliamsatAussieOpen
China'sLiNahasbeatenseven-timeGrandSlamchampionVenusWilliams 2-6, 7-6, 7-5 inamarathonquarterfinalattheAustralianOpenandbookedasecondplaceinthesemifinalsforChina, followinginthefootstepsofcompatriotZhengJie. CRI'sAustraliacorrespondentChenFenghasmore.
"It'sthebestdayofmywholelife."
That'swhatLiNasaysrightafterthe 2-hour-and-47-minutematch. Indeed, LiNaplayedsowellthatsixth-seededVenusWilliamsadmitstobeingcaughtwithmanyerrors.
"Unfortunately, Iletmyerrorcreepin, andIallowedhertodictatetoomuch, butsheplayedreallywell. Shehitsagoodball, shehitsalowball. Sometimes, it'snoteasytomoveherlowballaroundasmuch."
TherehavebeenmanyfirstsforChinainMelbourneParkthissummer. ItwasthefirsttimethatanyChineseplayermarchedintothequarterfinals, thensemifinals, attheAustraliaOpen; andthefirsttimethattwoChineseplayersadvancedtothequarterfinals, thensemifinals, ofthesameGrandSlamtournament.
"ThisisaveryspecialdayindeedwhenChinahastwoplayersinthesemifinalsofaGrandSlamtogether. Ibelieveit'snotonlygoodforustwo, butalsoforthepromotionoftennisinChina."
LiNaaddsthattennisinChinaisnowgettingmoreandmorepopular, andChinahasmanyothergoodplayerswhoneedtoscoremorepoints, gethigherintherankingsandthencometobiggertournaments, liketheGrandSlams.
AndforLiNaherself, byreachingherfirstGrandSlamsemifinal, andsurpassingherpreviousbestGrandSamperformance, whichwasaquarterfinalberthatboththe 2009 U.S. OpenandWimbledonin 2006, theChineseNo. 1-seedhasnowbecomethefirst-everChineseplayertoreachtheworld'stopten.
"Soexcited, maybeIwilltakeabeertonight. Becausemygoalforthisyearwastopten. Butnowit'sonlyJanuary, it'scomingsoquickly. Ididn'tthinkaboutthat, butIknownowthetournamenthasnotfinished, notintheend, socontinuehopefully."
LiNawillplayworldNo. 1 SerenaWilliamsonFriday, andZhengJiewillplayformerworldNo.1 JustineHeninonThursday. NowtherearehighhopesthattheChineseduomightkeepre-writingthehistorybooksattheAustralianOpen.
ChenFeng, CRInews, MelbournePark.