TENNIS, THE CHINESE NA LI WINS THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN

The Australian Open speak Mandarin , at least as far as the scoreboard female . On the third try the Chinese Na Li salt on the throne of Melbourne defeating Dominika Cibulkova . After the defeats in the finals of 2011 and 2013 at the hands of Kim Clijsters and Vika Azarenka , Na Li is finally able to write their name on the Australian gold of the tournament . Repeating the success that Roland Garros 2011 and raised the 31 -year-old Chinese in the Olympus of world tennis . Deserved success , we said, to Li Na , only one of the top 5 not to stumble into the pitfalls scattered throughout the two weeks of the tournament. Traps that were gradually excluded superfavorite Eve : Serena Williams , Maria Sharapova and defending champion Vika Azarenka . Way clear for almost the Chinese , who in the early rounds passed in the Croatian Konjuh series , the Swiss Bencic and the Czech Safarova , only to snatch one set at a future winner and force it to a tie-break from inside or outside . No problem in the second round against Russian Makarova – then double finalist , loser – with our Errani Vinci – as well as with our Pennetta in the quarterfinals . The semifinal finally saw her overcome the revelation Canadian Bouchard .