Li Na

Li Na
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Wuhan, 26 ga Faburairu, 1982 (44 shekaru)
ƙasa	Sin
Mazauni	Wuhan
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi	Li Shengpeng
Mahaifiya	Li Yanping
Abokiyar zama	Shan Jiang (en)  (27 ga Janairu, 2006 -
Karatu
Makaranta	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (mul) Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (mul)
Harsuna	Sinanci Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	tennis player (en) da autobiographer (en)
Tennis
Hannu	right-handedness
Dabi'a	right-handedness (en)  d two-handed backhand (en)
Singles record	503–188
Doubles record	121–50
Matakin nasara	2 tennis singles (en) (17 ga Faburairu, 2014) 54 tennis doubles (en) (28 ga Augusta, 2006)
Mahalarcin tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics (en) tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics (en) tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics (en) 2006 Asian Games (en) 2010 Asian Games (en)
Nauyi	65 kg
Tsayi	172 cm
Kyaututtuka	gani Gidan shahararren Tennis na Duniya  (2019)

Li Na (an haife shi a ranar 26 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1982) tsohon dan wasan Tennis ne na kasar Sin. An sanya ta a matsayi na 2 a duniya a cikin mata ta hanyar Kungiyar Tennis ta Mata, wanda aka samu a watan Fabrairun 2014. Li ya lashe lambobin yabo guda tara na WTA Tour, ciki har da manyan wasanni biyu a 2011 French Open (ya doke mai kare Francesca Schiavone) da kuma 2014 Australian Open . Ita ce ta farko da aka haifa a Asiya, namiji ko mace. Li ta kuma kasance ta biyu a 2011 Australian Open, 2013 Australian Open, da kuma 2013 WTA Tour Championships.

Mai ba da labari ga wasan tennis a kasar Sin, Li ita ce 'yar wasan kasar Sin ta farko da ta lashe lambar yabo ta WTA Tour (a 2004 Guangzhou International Women's Open), ta farko da za ta kai ga manyan' yan wasa (a 2006 Wimbledon Championships) da kuma ta karshe, kuma ta farko da ya shiga cikin manyan goma na duniya. A shekara ta 2013, nasarorin da ta samu sun sanya ta ta zama 'yar wasan tennis ta Asiya mafi nasara a Lokaci, ta sa ta sauka a cikin jerin mujallar Time na 100 Mafi Mutanen da suka fi tasiri a Duniya. Tsohon duniya No. 1 Chris Evert ya rubuta a can: "Tennis ya fashe a China. Kasar yanzu tana da 'yan wasan tennis miliyan 15; miliyan 116 sun kalli Li ya lashe gasar French Open. Irin wannan bayyanar tana da mahimmanci ga wasanmu, kuma ba zai taɓa faruwa ba tare da Li ba. "

Li ya yi ritaya daga wasan tennis a watan Satumbar 2014, yana da shekaru 32 a matsayin mai cin kofin Australian Open saboda matsalolin rauni. A cikin 2019, an shigar da ita cikin Hall of Fame na Tennis na Duniya, ta zama dan wasan Asiya na farko da ya karbi wannan girmamawa.

Ayyukan wasan tennis

A lokacin da take da shekaru shida, Li ta bi sawun mahaifinta kuma ta fara buga badminton, wanda ya inganta hankalinta. Kafin ta cika shekaru takwas, Li ta shawo kan sauyawa zuwa wasan tennis ta hanyar kocin Xia Xiyao na kungiyar wasan tennis ta matasa ta Wuhan. Malamanta sun koyar da wasan tennis ta hanyar karfafawa mara kyau, wanda ya shafi amincewar Li a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. Li ya shiga kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasar Sin a shekarar 1997. A shekara mai zuwa, Li, wanda Nike ta tallafawa, ya tafi Kwalejin John Newcombe a Texas don nazarin wasan tennis. Ta yi karatu a can na watanni goma kuma ta koma kasar Sin. Yayinda take girma, 'yar wasan tennis da ta fi so ita ce Andre Agassi . Ta zama ƙwararru a 1999 tana da shekara goma sha shida.

A ƙarshen shekara ta 2002, Li ta bar ƙungiyar wasan tennis ta ƙasa don yin karatu na ɗan lokaci a Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Huazhong (HUST), inda ta kammala digiri na farko a aikin jarida a shekara ta 2009. Kafofin yada labarai na kasar Sin sun ambaci dalilai daban-daban na wannan. Wasu sun ruwaito cewa dangantakar da ke tsakanin ita da abokin aikinta da kuma mijinta na gaba, Jiang Shan, ta yi adawa da gudanarwar tawagar ta kasa, [1] wasu sun ruwaito gore kocinta, Yu Liqiao (余丽桥), ya yi tsauri sosai kuma yana da bukata, yayin da wasu rahotanni suka yi iƙirarin cewa bukatar ta ga kocin kansa bai wuce ba. [2][3] Koyaya, wasu sun ɗauki cewa matsalar kiwon lafiya ce kawai da ke haifar da ritaya.[4] Jaridar New York Times ta ruwaito cewa daya daga cikin dalilan shi ne cewa wani shugaban kungiyar yana son ta yi wasa ta hanyar shan maganin hormone yayin da Li ke gwagwarmaya da aikinta saboda rashin daidaituwa na hormone. Daga baya ta gaya wa CNN cewa tana jin rashin lafiya kowace rana kuma ba ta son rayuwarta ta kasance kawai don wasan tennis.

Li ta koma tawagar kasa a shekara ta 2004 don "bayar" don taimakon su a lokacin da ta fara aiki. A ranar 27 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2006, Li ta auri Jiang Shan wanda daga nan ya zama kocinta. Li ya bar tawagar kasa da kuma tsarin wasanni na jihar a cikin 2008 a karkashin manufofin sake fasalin gwaji ga 'yan wasan tennis. Wannan canjin an kira shi "Fly Solo" (单飞) ta hanyar kafofin watsa labarai na kasar Sin. A sakamakon haka, Li tana da 'yancin hayar ma'aikatanta masu horar da ita kuma za ta kasance da alhakin kudin horo da horarwa da kuma kudin yawon shakatawa. Ta iya ci gaba da samun karin nasarorin da ta samu, tare da kashi goma sha biyu kawai na nasarorin da aka samu zuwa asusun ci gaban Kungiyar Tennis ta kasar Sin ba tare da kashi 65 cikin dari ba a baya. A lokacin rani na shekara ta 2012, an ɗaga abin da ake buƙata na gudummawa ga asusun ci gaban wasan tennis na kasar Sin kuma Li ta riƙe duk kuɗin kyautar ta.

A ranar 5 ga watan Yunin 2016, Wasannin Olympics na Musamman sun ba da izini ga Li a matsayin Jakadan Duniya.

1999-2002: Gudanarwa a kan Yankin ITF

Li ta zama ƙwararru a shekara ta 1999, kuma ta lashe uku daga cikin wasanni huɗu na farko da ta shiga a kan ITF Circuit, biyu a Shenzhen da ɗaya a Westende, Belgium. Ta kuma lashe dukkan wasannin ITF na farko guda bakwai da ta shiga.

A shekara ta 2000, ta lashe wasanni 52 a kan ITF Circuit, fiye da kowane dan wasa, inda ta samu wasu lambobin yabo guda takwas, ciki har da daya a matakin $ 50k, biyu a $ 25k, da kuma nasarar lashe gasar $ 10k hudu a watan Maris da Afrilu.

Shahararrun nasarorin da aka samu a cikin shekara sun hada da nasarar da aka samu akan Flavia Pennetta, Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Maria Elena Camerin, Tamarine Tanasugarn da Yayuk Basuki .

A watan Yuni, bayan da matsayi na duniya na Li ya tashi zuwa No. 136 a kan ƙarfin wasan kwaikwayon ITF kadai, ta sami shigarwa kai tsaye a cikin taron WTA na farko a Tashkent. Duk da lashe saiti na farko, Li ta rasa wasan farko na WTA ga Anna Zaporozhanova a cikin saiti uku, amma ta kama lambar yabo ta mata biyu a Tashkent tare da Li Ting a kan Zaporozjanova da Iroda Tulyaganova .

A ƙarshen shekara ta 2000, Li ta lashe wasanni hudu na WTA Tour, wannan ya kawo ta yawan lambobin ITF har zuwa goma sha ɗaya. A wannan shekarar, ta kuma lashe wasu wasanni bakwai na ITF, shida daga cikinsu tare da Li Ting .

Li ya fi kasancewa daga yawon shakatawa a shekara ta 2001. Ta ci gaba da lashe gasar zakarun $ 25k guda biyu, inda ta doke Roberta Vinci a wasan karshe a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, da Liu Nannan a wasan karshe da aka yi a Guangzhou a watan Yuli, amma daga nan ta buga wasa daya kawai a sauran shekarar, inda ta kai matsayi zuwa No. 303 a ƙarshen shekara.

Ta lashe gasar cin kofin ITF ta 15 a Hangzhou a watan Maris.

A shekara ta 2002, ta zo ta hanyar cancanta don lashe gasar farko ta $ 75k a Midland, Amurka a watan Fabrairu, inda ta doke Laura Granville, Tatiana Perebiynis, da Mashona Washington a kan hanyar zuwa taken, ta 14 a cikin aikinta. Amma daga nan sai ta buga wasa daya kawai (hasarar Zuzana Ondrášková a taron $ 50k a Dinan, Faransa a wannan watan Afrilu), sannan ta yi dogon lokaci daga da'irar na watanni 25 masu zuwa.

Tushen ya bambanta game da dalilan wannan rashin, kafofin watsa labarai na kasar Sin galibi sun ambaci rikici tsakanin ta da gwamnatin kungiyar Tennis ta kasar Sin da ma'aikatan horarwa. Wasu sun yi iƙirarin cewa kawai tana son hutu daga wasan tennis na sana'a don ta iya mai da hankali kan karatunta a jami'a.

2004-2005: Nasara ta dawo wasan tennis

Li Na a 2009 US Open

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2004, Li ya koma gasar bayan bai yi wasa ba tun shekara ta 2002. Kodayake ba ta da matsayi, ta lashe wasanni 26 a jere don samun karin nasarar lashe gasar $ 25k da kuma wani taken $ 50k, wanda ya kara yawan lambobin yabo zuwa 18, kawai don samun nasarar da Evgenia Linetskaya ta samu a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar Bronx ta $ 50k a watan Agusta. Koyaya, ta lashe gasar cin kofin ITF ta 16 a wannan taron, lambar yabo ta 17 ta aikinta.

A wannan watan Satumba, ta rasa a wasan karshe na gasar $ 25k ga ɗan ƙasar Zheng Jie, kafin ta koma WTA Tour, godiya ga shigar da wildcard a cikin cancanta a Beijing. A can, ta kayar da Antonella Serra Zanetti, Marta Domachowska, da Nicole Pratt kafin ta rasa a wasan yanke shawara bayan da aka yi kusa da shi a zagaye na biyu da sabon zakara na US Open Svetlana Kuznetsova, a lokacin da ta gudanar da maki a kan Kuznetsov. Daga baya Rasha ta yaba da abokin hamayyarta na kasar Sin, tana mai cewa ta ji kamar tana adawa da dan wasa biyar.

A mako mai zuwa, Li ta yi gwagwarmaya ta hanyar samun cancanta a cikin taron WTA Tour a Guangzhou (a Tier IV taron a lokacin, kodayake an inganta shi zuwa Tier III), sannan ta doke Vera Dushevina, Jelena Janković, Kristina Brandi, da Li Ting a cikin babban zane don isa ga karshe, inda ta doke Martina Suchá don lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta WTA Tour. Ta hanyar yin haka, Li ya zama Dan wasan kasar Sin na farko da ya lashe gasar WTA.

A bayan maki masu daraja da aka tara ta hanyar wannan sakamakon, a ranar 4 ga Oktoba 2004, ta shiga cikin WTA saman 100 a karon farko.

Don kammala shekarar da ta fi samun nasara a matsayin 'yar wasa, ta fafata a wasanni biyu na $ 50k a Shenzhen, inda ta lashe gasar farko ta kai tsaye don kawo mata lambar yabo ta 19 ta ITF da kuma lambar yabo ta 20 ta aikinta, amma ta rasa a wasan kusa da na karshe na na na na biyu ga yarinya mai ƙasa Yan Zi. Wadannan sakamakon sun ɗaga Li Na zuwa No. 80 na duniya a ƙarshen shekara, shekarar da ta lashe wasanni 51 kuma ta rasa hudu kawai.

2005 ya ga Li a ƙarshe ya bar ITF Circuit don mayar da hankali kawai kan abubuwan da suka faru a matakin yawon shakatawa. Ta fara shekarar tare da wasan kwaikwayo na biyu a Gold Coast da wasan kusa da na karshe a Hobart, amma ta rasa dan wasan kasar Sin kuma zakaran Zheng Jie. Daga nan sai ta fara Grand Slam a 2005 Australian Open, ta ci gaba zuwa zagaye na uku tare da cin nasara a kan Laura Granville da Shinobu Asagoe kafin ta sha kashi a hannun Maria Sharapova . A farkon watan Fabrairu, ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe a Hyderabad kuma ta cancanci Doha inda Patty Schnyder ta doke ta a zagaye na farko na babban zane. Bayan nasarar da ta samu a kan Ai Sugiyama a zagaye na farko a Dubai a mako mai zuwa, Schnyder ne ya sake hana ta kaiwa ga matakan da suka biyo baya na taron.

Bayan ya dauki wata daya daga gasar, Li ta koma Estoril a ƙarshen watan Afrilu, ta doke Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Nicole Pratt, Dally Randriantefy, sannan ta murkushe Dinara Safina don isa wasan karshe na WTA Tour na biyu. Lucie Šafářová, wanda ya yi nasara a wasan kusa da uku, ya hana Li taken. A Rabat a watan Mayu, Li ta kai matakin kusa da na karshe, amma ci gaba da samun nasara a ƙarshe ya zama abin da ba za a iya gani ba a gare ta. Tare da ci gaba a 3-3, ta yi ritaya saboda karkatar da idon dama yayin da take fada da Zheng Jie. Samun wannan wasan kusa da na karshe ya sa ta zama matsayi mai girma a duniya No. 33, amma raunin da ta samu an ƙaddara shi ne don hana ta aiki na watanni uku masu zuwa. A lokacin da ta dawo Los Angeles a watan Agusta, ta fadi a zagaye na farko ga Anna Chakvetadze na Rasha. A mako mai zuwa, duk da haka, a Canadian Open, ta sake doke Jelena Janković da María Vento-Kabchi, kafin ta sha kashi a hannun Nadia Petrova a zagaye na uku.

Lindsay Davenport ce ta tabbatar da rashin nasarar da ta samu a wasanni biyu masu zuwa, inda ta doke ta a zagaye na farko na US Open, kuma a matakin kusa da na karshe a Bali a watan Satumba, amma ba kafin Li Na ta rama nasarar da Yan Zi ya yi a shekarar da ta gabata a zagaye ya biyu na wannan gasar ba. A mako mai zuwa, wani dan wasan Amurka mai matsayi mai girma, Jill Craybas, ya ci Li Na a wasan kusa da uku na zagaye na farko a Beijing. Li ta fara kare matsayinta na Guangzhou; amma an hana ta kammala shi a wasan kusa da na karshe ta hanyar zakara Yan Zi, wanda hakan ya sake fitowa a gaba a cikin rikodin su. Wannan asarar ta biyu a cikin uku da suka yi da Yan ya zama wasan karshe na Li na shekara ta 2005; kuma a lokacin da ba ta halarci gasar Shenzhen $ 50k inda ta samu wasu maki a ƙarshen shekarar da ta gabata, ta sami kanta tana ci gaba da raguwa a cikin matsayi daga babban matsayi na No. 33 wanda ta kai a cikin bazara kafin hutun raunin ta, zuwa No. 56 a ƙarshen shekara.

2006: Babban dan wasan China na farko

Tare da kusan dukkanin ragowar maki don karewa da aka mayar da hankali a cikin watanni hudu na farko na shekara, Li ta fara shekarar da ta fuskanci kalubalen daidaita sakamakon ta mai karfi daga farkon 2005 don ci gaba da matsayinta a tsakiyar WTA saman 100. Tallafin zagaye na farko da aka yi da manyan 'yan wasa zuwa farkon shekara ta 2006 ya dauki nauyi mai yawa a kan matsayi na Li, wanda ya kawo shi saukowa zuwa No. 71 a ƙarshen Fabrairu.

Ta dawo tare da mafi kyawun aiki a abubuwan da suka faru na Tier I ta hanyar kaiwa wasan kusa da na karshe a Berlin. A kan hanyar zuwa can, ta sami nasarar ta farko a kan dan wasan da ke cikin matsayi na 10 na yanzu yayin da ta kori Patty Schnyder a karo na farko a matakin kwata-kwata. Koyaya, wannan wasan ya bar ta da ƙuƙwalwar tsoka, kuma ta rasa Nadia Petrova a wasan kusa da na karshe. Duk da haka, aikinta a wannan gasa mai girma ya gan ta a matsayi na 39. Ta shiga WTA Tour a karo na farko a Birmingham Classic a watan Yuni, ta gudanar da wani zagaye na uku tare da cin nasara a kan Mashona Washington da masanin filin Eleni Daniilidou, duka biyu a madaidaiciya, sannan ta rasa a karo na uku a tarurruka uku ga Maria Sharapova. Matsayinta bayan wannan gasa shine No. 30, wanda a wannan lokacin shine mafi girman matsayi da wata mace ta kasar Sin ta samu.

A wannan taron, tare da Jelena Janković, ta sami lambar yabo ta biyu ta WTA, kusan daidai shekaru shida daga ta farko a Tashkent. Yin ritaya da wuri da Alona Bondarenko a zagaye na farko na Ondina Open a 's-Hertogenbosch a mako mai zuwa ya rage shirye-shiryen gasa na karshe don bayyanarta ta farko a Wimbledon. Amma tare da matsayi na 30th, ta sami kanta a matsayi na 27 bayan wasu janyewa, kuma ta haka ne ta sami wani na farko ga ƙasar ta zama mace ta farko ta kasar Sin da aka shuka don shiga gasar Grand Slam.

A Wimbledon, ta kai zagaye na huɗu tare da nasarar da ta samu a kan 'yan wasan da aka girmama a filin wasa na Virginie Razzano da kuma dan wasan Birmingham na baya-bayan nan Meilen Tu, sannan ta samu nasara a kan Svetlana Kuznetsova ta 10, wanda hakan ya sa ta zama dan wasan kasar Sin na farko da ya kai ga kowane wasan karshe na Grand Slam. Li ta tashi zuwa sabon matsayi na WTA na No. 20 bayan gasar, duk da cewa ta rasa wasan ta na kwata-kwata da Kim Clijsters a cikin saiti biyu na kusa. Ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe a Stockholm, da kuma zagaye na huɗu a US Open, inda, a matsayin iri na 24, Maria Sharapova ta doke ta a raga biyu. Daga nan sai ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe a China Open, inda Svetlana Kuznetsova ta doke ta, kuma a Guangzhou .

2007–2009

Li Na a gasar Luxembourg Open ta 2008

Li ta fara shekarar ta hanyar shiga taron Tier III a Gold Coast, Australia, inda ta kai zagaye na biyu. A mako mai zuwa, ta yi gasa a Sydney. Ta doke Francesca Schiavone a zagaye na farko, Elena Dementieva a zagaye ya biyu, inda ta sami maki biyar, da Katarina Srebotnik a wasan kusa da na karshe. Sa'an nan kuma, ta kai ga wasan kusa da na karshe, inda ta rasa wasa mai wuya ga Kim Clijsters, 5-7 a saiti na uku. Koyaya, ta tashi zuwa matsayi na No. 16 daga baya.

Li Na ta bi ta nuna karfi a Sydney tare da nunawa mai karfi a Australian Open, inda ta ci gaba zuwa zagaye na huɗu. An shuka shi na 19, Li ya aika Elena Bovina da Lourdes Domínguez Lino a madaidaiciya a cikin zagaye biyu na farko, wanda ya haifar da wasa tare da No. 9 Dinara Safina . An jinkirta wasan saboda ruwan sama, amma Liily ya doke Safina don ci gaba zuwa zagaye na huɗu don buga wasan Switzerland, No. 6 Martina Hingis . Saboda jinkirin ruwan sama da kuma gaskiyar cewa Hingis ya taka leda a Rod Laver Arena, kotun da aka rufa, a ranar da aka tsara da farko, Hingis yana da karin rana ta hutawa. Wasan da ya gabata bai yi tasiri ba, yayin da Li ya dauki saiti na farko daga Hingis. Koyaya, Na ya ɓace yayin da wasan ya ci gaba kuma ya ɓace lokacin da ya yi kurakurai 69 ba tare da tilasta ba. Duk da asarar, gasar ta kasance nasara ga Li, saboda ta nuna karo na uku a jere a cikin Grand Slam cewa ta ci gaba aƙalla zuwa zagaye na huɗu.

A Tier I Pan Pacific Open a Tokyo, Li ya ci gaba zuwa zagaye na biyu, ya ci Lilia Osterloh kafin ya rasa Samantha Stosur a cikin saiti biyu, ya canza sifili na maki goma sha ɗaya. A muhimmiyar Indian Wells Open a California, Li ya nuna karfi, ya ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe. Ta sha kashi a hannun Daniela Hantuchová a wasan kusa da na karshe. Ta ci gaba da kasancewa mai kyau a Miami Open, inda ta rasa wasanni uku kawai a wasanni biyu na farko da ta yi da Tamira Paszek da Katarina Srebotnik, kafin ta yi mamakin Kim Clijsters na huɗu a cikin saiti uku. Daga nan sai ta rasa Anna Chakvetadze a wasan kusa da na karshe.

Daga nan sai ta koma kan yumbu mai kore na Tsibirin Amelia, inda ta sha wahala daga fitowar zagaye na biyu, bayan ta sami gaisuwa ta farko, ga tsohuwar 'yar wasan 20 Karolina Šprem a madaidaiciya. A gasar cin kofin Family Circle da aka gudanar a Charleston, South Carolina, ta fadi a zagaye na uku ga Anabel Medina Garrigues . Bayan da ta rasa a wani taron ciyawa a Birmingham, Li ta fice daga kowane gasa da za ta yi wasa a lokacin rani, gami da Wimbledon da US Open, inda ta yi nuni da rauni a haƙarƙari.

Li Na a gasar zakarun Wimbledon ta 2008

Li ba ta buga wasan ƙwararru ba a cikin rabin shekara kuma ta sauka zuwa No. 29 a cikin matsayi na WTA lokacin da ta dawo daga raunin haƙarƙari a watan Janairun 2008 don yin gasa a Hardcourts na Mata na Australiya a Gold Coast. A zagaye na farko, ta doke Sybille Bammer na bakwai. Bayan nasarar da ta samu a zagaye na biyu a kan Monique Adamczak, an jawo ta don saduwa da Nicole Vaidišová a wasan kusa da na karshe. Li ta lashe gamuwarsu a madaidaiciya, ta ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, inda ta wuce Patty Schnyder . A wasan karshe, ta yi nasara a kan Victoria Azarenka, ba wai kawai ta kawo karshen fari na shekaru uku ba (tun daga Guangzhou 2004) amma ta zira kwallaye na biyu.

Duk da tashi zuwa duniya No. 24 bayan wannan nasarar, sai ta janye daga 2008 Sydney International, bayan ta ji rauni a gwiwa na dama. Rashin nasarar da ta samu na kare wasan kusa da na karshe na shekarar da ta gabata a wannan taron ya kashe maki 125, wanda ya sa ta koma No. 30 na makon da ya fara 14 ga Janairu. Ta shiga cikin 2008 Australian Open, tana da ƙarin maki 140 don karewa daga aikinta na huɗu a 2007. Da yake fuskantar ɗan gajeren ra'ayi a farkon zagaye, ta tsira daga rikici na kusa da Séverine Brémond a zagaye na farko, kafin ta wuce Maria Elena Camerin a madaidaiciya a zagaye ya biyu. Marta Domachowska da aka sake farfadowa ta kasance tsakanin ita da kare maki na matsayi, kuma kodayake Li ta lashe saiti na farko da gamsarwa, ta yi kasa a gwiwa daga baya kuma a ƙarshe ta ba da wasan ga abokin hamayyarta na Poland ta hanyar hutu ɗaya na hidima a cikin saiti na yanke shawara.

Bayan ta sauka wurare uku zuwa duniya No. 33 a lokacin da ta shiga gasar Tier II a Antwerp a farkon watan Fabrairu, duk da haka ta ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe tare da nasarar da ta samu a baya-baya a kan tsohuwar Rasha Elena Likhovtseva, Slovak duniya No. 45 Dominika Cibulková, da kuma duniya ta Sweden No. 66 Sofia Arvidsson. Koyaya, ta bushe a wasan kusa da na karshe da aka yi da duniya No. 47, Karin Knapp, duk da cewa ta dauki jagorancin farko tare da hutu na hidima a saiti na farko, a ƙarshe ta ba da wasan ga abokin hamayyarta na Italiya a cikin saiti biyu. Wannan gasar ta dawo da ita cikin manyan 30 a duniya No. 29.

A mako mai zuwa a Tier I Qatar Open, Li ya sake saduwa da Likhovtseva a zagaye na farko. A wannan lokacin, bayan da ta dauki saiti na farko cikin kwanciyar hankali, an kalubalance ta zuwa gwagwarmaya mai tsanani, amma a ƙarshe ta ci nasara a cikin saiti uku. A zagaye na biyu, ta zira kwallaye na biyu a jere a cikin wasanni hudu da suka yi da duniya ta Rasha No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze, ta adana wani batu a cikin saiti na farko, kafin ta farfado don cin nasara. A zagaye na uku, ta ji daɗin nasara mai kyau a kan Isra'ila ta duniya No. 17, Shahar Pe'er, ta murmure daga raunin 1-3 a saiti na biyu. A cikin kwata-kwata, ta sadu da tsohon abokin hamayyarta kuma abokiyarta, duniya No. 4 Jelena Janković, ta shiga wasan tare da cin nasara 3-1 kai-da-kai rikodin ta ga darajarta a kan dan wasan Serbia. Ta hanyar kayar da Janković ta kara wannan rikodin zuwa 4-1 kuma ta koma wasan kusa da na karshe, inda ta buga Vera Zvonareva, wanda ta lashe duka wasanninta na baya. Duk da karbar saiti na farko, Li ta rasa na biyu ta wannan ƙuri'a; kuma kodayake ta kasance 3-2 a cikin saiti na ƙarshe, sai ta ba da wasanni huɗu a jere ga abokin hamayyarta don rasa wasan.

Matsayinta ya tashi zuwa No. 23 a kan ƙarfin wannan wasan kwaikwayon, an hana ta karfafawa a kan wannan farfadowa ta hanyar fama da rauni a gwiwoyi na dama, wanda ya tilasta mata ta janye daga shigar da ta shirya a cikin taron Tier II a Bangalore a farkon Maris da kuma gasar Tier I a Indian Wells a tsakiyar watan. Ta koma aiki a Gasar Mata ta Duniya a Eastbourne, inda ta lashe zagaye daya kafin ta sha kashi a hannun Nadia Petrova . Daga nan sai ta fafata a Wimbledon, inda ta doke Anastasia Rodionova kafin ta sha kashi a hannun Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova .

A Wasannin Olympics na Beijing, bayan nasarar da ta samu a farkon zagaye na 3 a kan Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ayumi Morita, da Kaia Kanepi, ta ci gaba da kayar da daya daga cikin wadanda aka fi so, Venus Williams, a wasan kusa da na karshe. Li tana bin 1-4 a saiti na farko, amma ta sami nasarar ƙarfafa wasanta don cin nasara a madaidaiciya. Li ta rasa wasan kusa da na karshe ga Dinara Safina na shida sannan Vera Zvonareva ta ci ta a wasan karshe na tagulla. A gasar US Open mai zuwa, mai lashe lambar zinare ta Olympics ta Beijing Elena Dementieva ta doke Li a zagaye na huɗu.

A cikin 2008 Stuttgart Grand Prix, Li wanda ba a shuka shi ba ya kayar da Serena Williams a zagaye na biyu a cikin saiti uku. Li ta haka ne kawai ya zama dan wasan kasar Sin na biyu da ya ci dan wasan No. 1 a duniya, bayan nasarar Zheng Jie a kan Ana Ivanovic a Wimbledon a 2008.

Li Na a 2009 US Open

Li ta janye daga duka Brisbane International, inda ta kasance mai kare zakara (kamar yadda ta lashe taken a Gold Coast a 2008), da kuma 2009 Australian Open saboda raunin gwiwa na dama. Ta dawo a cikin Paris Indoors . A zagaye na farko, ta doke Ágnes Szávay, amma a zagaye na biyu ta sha kashi a hannun Jelena Janković na biyu.

In the first round of the Dubai Championships, Li lost to Elena Vesnina in three sets. Unseeded at the Monterrey Open, she defeated world No. 10 and top seed Agnieszka Radwańska in a first round match that lasted over two hours. In the second round, she beat Petra Cetkovská and then advanced to the semifinals after defeating Lucie Šafářová. Li then moved into her fifth career tour final, after beating sixth-seeded Iveta Benešová. However, Li lost to second-seeded Marion Bartoli in the final in straight sets. She played in the Premier event at Indian Wells, where she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn, Patty Schnyder, and[Amélie Mauresmo, all in straight sets, to advance to the fourth round, where she lost to eventual champion Vera Zvonareva.

Daga nan sai ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na taron Firayim Minista a Miami, inda ta doke mai cancanta Urszula Radwańska a zagaye na farko kuma ta damu da iri na 29 Aleksandra Wozniak don isa zagaye na uku, inda ta haifar da babban damuwa ta hanyar kayar da zakaran Indian Wells na makon da ya gabata, na shida Vera Zvonareva a cikin saiti uku. Wannan nasarar ta kasance da mahimmanci ga Li, saboda Zvonareva ta doke ta mako da ya gabata a Indian Wells. Daga nan sai ta fuskanci Ekaterina Makarova ta Rasha a zagaye na huɗu kuma ta doke ta a cikin saiti uku don kafa wasan kwata-kwata tare da babban iri da kuma duniya No. 1, Serena Williams, wasan da ta rasa a cikin saitin uku. Saboda rawar da ta taka, matsayinta ya kai No. 29 a duniya daga No. 40.

Taron Li na gaba shine Grand Slam na biyu na shekara, French Open a Paris. A matsayinta na iri na 25, ta lashe zagaye na farko da Marta Domachowska . Daga nan sai ta doke Timea Bacsinszky da Olga Govortsova . Daga nan sai ta sha kashi a hannun tsohon duniya No. 1, Maria Sharapova, a zagaye na huɗu. Bayan wannan sakamako mai ban sha'awa, ta yi tsalle zuwa No. 20. Ta fara kakar wasa ta ciyawa a matsayin iri na huɗu a Birmingham Classic kuma ta ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe tare da cin nasara a kan Maria Sharapova a wasan kusa da na karshe. Koyaya, Magdaléna Rybáriková ta ci Na a wasan karshe. Li ta kasance ta 19 a gasar zakarun Wimbledon ta 2009. Ta doke Galina Voskoboeva a zagaye na farko da Olga Govortsova a zagaye ya biyu, amma ta rasa No. 11 Agnieszka Radwańska a zagaye nke uku.

A Bankin Yammacin Classic na 2009, ta sha kashi a hannun Serena Williams a zagaye na farko, kuma a Gasar Mata ta LA, ta janye saboda rauni yayin wasan da ta yi da Urszula Radwańska na Poland. An shuka ta 18 a US Open, ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na US Open, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Kim Clijsters. A kan hanyar zuwa kashi huɗu na karshe, ta ci Raluca Olaru, Michelle Larcher na Brito, Maria Kirilenko, da Francesca Schiavone duk a madaidaiciya. An shuka ta 15 a Pan Pacific Open, Li ta lashe wasan farko da Alizé Cornet . Daga nan sai ta doke Vera Dushevina kafin ta doke Kateryna Bondarenko . A cikin kwata-kwata, ta doke Victoria Azarenka a cikin saiti uku, biyu daga cikinsu sun kasance tiebreaks, kodayake ta kasa yin wasa sau biyu a saiti na ƙarshe. Li ta rasa a wasan kusa da na karshe ga Jelena Janković kuma ta gama shekara a duniya No. 15, matsayi na ƙarshen shekara a lokacin.

2010: Babban wasan kusa da na karshe na farko da kuma hawa zuwa saman goma

Li Na a gasar Porsche Tennis Grand Prix ta 20102010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Gasar farko ta Li ta 2010 ita ce Classic a Auckland, inda aka shuka ta biyu. Kaia Kanepi ta kayar da ita a zagaye na farko. A Sydney, ta doke Caroline Wozniacki na huɗu amma ta sha kashi a hannun Flavia Pennetta a zagaye na biyu.

Li ta kasance ta 16 a Australian Open . Ta kayar da duniya No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki a zagaye na huɗu sannan ta zo daga saiti da 3-5 zuwa ƙasa don kayar da Duniya No. 6 Venus Williams, a cikin ta farko ta Australian Open kuma kawai ta uku a cikin manyan sassan karshe. A wasan kusa da na karshe, ta sha kashi a hannun Serena Williams a wasanni biyu masu tsananin gasa. A sakamakon wannan wasan kwaikwayon, Li ita ce mace ta farko ta kasar Sin da ta kasance a cikin manyan goma na wasan tennis na mata.

A gasar zakarun Dubai, Li, na takwas, ya ci María José Martínez Sánchez a zagaye na biyu. Daga nan sai ta fito daga raunin 6-3, 5-2 don kayar da Marion Bartoli a zagaye na uku. An tilasta Li ta yi ritaya a wasan kusa da na karshe da Shahar Pe'er . Li ta ci gaba da kakar wasa a gasar Malaysian Open ta farko. A matsayin iri na biyu, ta fadi ga Tatjana Malek a zagaye na farko. A matsayin iri na bakwai a Indian Wells Open, Li ya fadi ga Elena Baltacha a zagaye na biyu. Li ya kasance na takwas a Miami Open, amma ya fadi ga Timea Bacsinszky a zagaye na biyu.

A Stuttgart Grand Prix, Li ya kayar da mai kare Svetlana Kuznetsova a zagaye na biyu, kafin ya fadi ga wanda ya zo na biyu Sam Stosur a wasan kusa da na karshe. Li ita ce iri na 11 a Faransanci Open . Ta fadi ga zakara kuma ta duniya No. 17 Francesca Schiavone a zagaye na uku. An fara shuka Li a Birmingham Classic . Ta kayar da Aravane Rezai na 4 a wasan kusa da na karshe, kuma Maria Sharapova ta biyu a wasan karshe don lashe gasar. Tare da nasarar, Li ya koma saman 10 a cikin matsayi na WTA. Ya kasance na bakwai a Eastbourne, Li ya yi ritaya a zagaye na farko tare da raunin gwiwa bayan ya lashe saiti na farko da Elena Baltacha . Li ta kasance ta tara a Wimbledon. Ta kayar da Agnieszka Radwańska ta bakwai don ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe a Wimbledon a karo na biyu a cikin aikinta, inda ta sha kashi a hannun No. 1 na duniya kuma mai kare Serena Williams. A yin haka Li ya sake komawa saman 10 a cikin matsayi na WTA.

A US Open, ta fara ne a matsayin iri na takwas, amma ta fadi a cikas ta farko ga Kateryna Bondarenko . Li ya kasance madadin a gasar zakarun WTA, amma bai sami damar yin wasa ba. Maimakon haka, ta taka leda a Gasar Zakarun Turai a matsayin iri na farko. Koyaya, Kimiko Date-Krumm ta Japan ta ci ta a zagaye na farko, ta kawo ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 2010, mafi kyawun lokacinta har zuwa yau. Ta gama kawai a waje da saman 10 a duniya No. 11. A ƙarshen shekara, kocin Li Thomas Högstedt ya zaɓi ya bar ta don ya horar da Maria Sharapova.

2011: Babban ci gaba da nasara mai tarihi a French Open

Li Na a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na French Open na 2011

Li ta buga gasar Sydney International a matsayin ta takwas a jerin masu matsayi, inda ta yi nasara cikin sauƙi kan 'yar Australia mai katin gayyata Anastasia Rodionova, sannan ta yi nasarar doke Virginie Razzano a wasa mai wahala na set uku a zagaye biyu na farko. A wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, ta haɗu da wadda ta taɓa lashe Grand Slam sau biyu, Svetlana Kuznetsova, kuma ta samu nasara. Ta doke Bojana Jovanovski, wadda ta samu gurbi ba tare da tsammani ba, a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, inda ta samu damar shiga wasan ƙarshe na WTA karo na takwas. A wasan ƙarshe, Li ta fuskanci Kim Clijsters mai matsayi na 3 a duniya, kuma duk da kasancewarta a baya da 5–0 a set na farko, Li ta ci gaba da doke Clijsters, inda ta lashe kambun WTA na huɗu a tarihinta.

Li ita ce ta tara a jerin masu matsayi a Australian Open, inda ta kai wasan ƙarshe na Grand Slam na farko a wasannin mata, kuma ta zama 'yar wasan tennis ta farko da ke wakiltar ƙasar Gabashin Asiya da kuma Asiya da ta cimma wannan nasara. A kan hanyarta, ta doke Victoria Azarenka, wadda take matsayi na takwas, a set biyu kai tsaye. Ta doke Caroline Wozniacki, mai matsayi na 1 a duniya, a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe domin kaiwa wasan ƙarshe, bayan da ta ceci damar cin wasa a set na biyu. A wasan ƙarshe ta fuskanci Kim Clijsters, wadda take matsayi na 3 kuma wadda ta riga ta doke a Sydney International. Ko da yake Li ta lashe set na farko, Clijsters ta dawo da ƙarfi ta lashe gasar. Duk da rashin nasarar, matsayinta ya tashi zuwa matsayi na 7 a duniya, wanda shi ne mafi girman matsayinta a sana'arta.

Duk da kyakkyawan fara kakar, Li daga baya ta yi rashin nasara a wasanni biyar a jere. Bayan samun damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye zuwa zagaye na biyu, ta sha kaye a wasa mai tsananin wahala da Yanina Wickmayer a gasar Dubai Championships, Klára Zakopalová wadda ta samu gurbi a madadin 'yar wasan da ta janye a Qatar Ladies Open, da kuma 'yar ƙasarta Peng Shuai a Indian Wells. Duk da haka, bayan Indian Wells ta kai matsayi mafi girma a sana'arta, wato na 6 a duniya, saboda rashin nasarar Janković na kare maki da ta samu a baya.

Jerin rashin nasarar Li ya ci gaba, lokacin da Johanna Larsson ta yi mata nasara ba zato ba tsammani a Miami Open. Da wannan rashin nasara, tare da rashin nasarar Andy Murray a Miami, dukkan 'yan wasan da suka kai wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open har yanzu ba su ci wasa ba tun bayan wasan ƙarshe na Grand Slam ɗinsu na farko. Ta koma matsayi na 7. Daga nan Li ta karya jerin rashin nasararta ta hanyar doke Anastasija Sevastova a zagayen farko a Stuttgart. Sai dai ta sha kaye a hannun Sabine Lisicki a zagaye na biyu. Ko da yake ba ta iya kare dukkan maki da ta samu a Stuttgart ba, ta koma matsayi na 6. Sai dai saboda sakamakon da bai gamsar da ita ba, Li Na ta kori mijinta daga matsayin mai horar da ita, sannan ta ɗauki Dane Michael Mortensen aiki.

Ta shiga Madrid Open a matsayin ta shida a jerin masu matsayi. A zagaye biyu na farko, ta doke María José Martínez Sánchez da Iveta Benešová ba tare da wata wahala mai yawa ba. A zagaye na uku ta doke Roberta Vinci bayan ta dawo daga baya a set ɗaya. Daga nan ta doke Bethanie Mattek-Sands bayan ta dawo daga rashin nasara da break a set ɗin yanke hukunci. Wannan nasarar ta zama karo na farko da ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe a Madrid, inda ta sha kaye a hannun Petra Kvitová, wadda daga baya ta lashe gasar.

Komawar Li kan ganiyar wasa ta ci gaba a Italian Open. Tana matsayi na huɗu, ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye. Ta lashe wasanta na farko da Lourdes Domínguez Lino, sannan ta doke Jarmila Gajdošová da Gréta Arn a zagaye biyu na gaba, inda ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe sau biyu a jere a filin ƙasa. Sai dai ta sha kaye a hannun Samantha Stosur a set biyu.

Li ta lashe kambunta na farko na Grand Slam a French Open a ranar 4 ga Yuni; ta haka ta kafa tarihi ta zama 'yar wasan tennis ta farko daga ƙasar Gabashin Asiya da Asiya da ta lashe gasar Grand Slam ta 'yan wasa ɗaya. Tana matsayi na shida, ta doke Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Sílvia Soler Espinosa, Sorana Cîrstea, Petra Kvitová mai matsayi na tara, Victoria Azarenka mai matsayi na huɗu, Maria Sharapova mai matsayi na bakwai, sannan Francesca Schiavone mai matsayi na biyar kuma wadda ke kare kambunta a wasan ƙarshe, wasan da masu kallo miliyan 330 suka kalla a duniya.

Bayan wasan, kafafen yaɗa labarai na China sun yaba wa Li Na, kuma ana sa ran shahararta a duk faɗin China za ta ƙaru sosai a watannin da suka biyo baya, yayin da ta zama 'yar ƙasar China ta farko, mace ko namiji, da ta taɓa lashe kambun Grand Slam na tennis a gasar 'yan wasa ɗaya, lamarin da ya tabbatar da matsayinta a tarihin wannan wasa. Bayan French Open, Li ta kai matsayi mafi girma a sana'arta, wato matsayi na 4 a duniya.

A matsayinta na ta biyu a jerin masu matsayi a Eastbourne, Li ta sha kaye a zagaye na biyu a hannun Daniela Hantuchová. Saboda janyewar Kim Clijsters, Li ta zama ta uku a jerin masu matsayi a Wimbledon, wanda shi ne mafi girman matsayinta a gasar Grand Slam. Ta doke Alla Kudryavtseva a zagayen farko amma ta sha kaye a zagaye na biyu a hannun Sabine Lisicki ta Jamus, wadda daga baya ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, duk da cewa Li ta samu damar cin wasa sau biyu a 5–3 kuma ta yi serving domin rufe wasan sau biyu a 5–4 da 6–5. Li ta fuskanci rashin nasara mai ban mamaki a zagayen farko na US Open na 2011 a hannun matashiyar 'yar Romania Simona Halep, wadda take matsayi na 53, sannan ta kawo ƙarshen aiki da Mortensen a matsayin mai horar da ita. Daga nan a China Open, 'yar wasan Romania Monica Niculescu ta doke Li a zagayen farko. Sai dai saboda Vera Zvonareva da Samantha Stosur ba su iya wuce zagaye na uku ba, Li ta samu damar cancantar shiga WTA Tour Championships a karon farko a sana'arta.

Li ta fara halarta a WTA Championships na 2011 a Istanbul. An sanya ta cikin White Group tare da Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka da Samantha Stosur. Ta doke Sharapova a wasanta na farko amma ta sha kaye a sauran wasanninta biyu, ta kasa kaiwa wasan kusa da na ƙarshe. Ta kammala shekarar a matsayi na 5 a duniya bayan wata kakar da ba za a manta da ita ba amma mai yawan sauyin sakamako. An zaɓi Li Na cikin rukuni biyu na kyaututtukan wasanni na ESPY: "Kyautar Babban Ci Gaba ta Shekara" da "Kyautar Mafi Kyawun 'Yar Wasan Tennis ta Mata ta Shekara". Ta sha kaye a hannun Blake Griffin da Serena Williams, bi da bi. A ranakun 17 da 18 ga Disamba, Li ta halarci Li Na & Friends Tennis Exhibition 2011 a Wuhan, China.

2012: Gwarzon gasar Premier-5 ta farko

Li ta fara kakarta ta 2012 a Hopman Cup tare da ɗan ƙasarta Wu Di, wanda shi ma ya fito daga lardin Hubei, inda ta lashe dukkan wasanninta uku na 'yan wasa ɗaya a kan Marion Bartoli, Anabel Medina Garrigues da Jarmila Gajdošová. Wannan ita ce nasararta ta farko a kan Anabel Medina Garrigues cikin haɗuwarsu huɗu. Wannan ya nuna dawowarta kan yanayin wasanta bayan da rashin nasara da fita tun a zagayen farko suka addabe ta a kusan dukkan gasanninta a rabin na biyu na 2011 bayan nasararta a Roland Garros. Daga nan Li ta buga Sydney domin kare kambunta. Ta doke Ekaterina Makarova, Chanelle Scheepers da Lucie Šafářová domin kaiwa wasan kusa da na ƙarshe. A wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, ta dawo daga rashin nasara a set ɗaya domin samun nasara a kan Petra Kvitová, mai matsayi na 2 a duniya kuma wadda ake ganin za ta lashe gasar. A wasan ƙarshe, Li ta kasa kare kambunta, inda Victoria Azarenka ta doke ta a set uku.

Li ta fara gasar Australian Open ta 2012 da sauƙin wuce zagayen farko, inda ta doke Ksenia Pervak, Olivia Rogowska da Anabel Medina Garrigues, wadda ta janye saboda raunin ƙafa, kafin ta haɗu da Kim Clijsters, wadda ta doke ta a wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open na 2011, a zagaye na huɗu. Kim Clijsters ta karkatar da ƙafarta a 3–3 kuma Li ta lashe set na farko cikin sauƙi. Li ta samu damar cin wasa guda huɗu a 6–2 a tie-break na set na biyu, amma ta rasa maki shida a jere, abin da ya ba Clijsters damar lashe set na biyu saboda kurakuran da ba a tilasta mata ba da kuma zaɓin bugun ƙwallo mara kyau. A 1–5 a set na ƙarshe, Li ta fara dawowa ta hanyar lashe wasanni uku a jere, inda ta rage tazarar zuwa 4–5, amma 'yar Belgium ta samu damar rufe wasan. Rashin nasarar da ba a yi tsammani ba ya sa ta fashe da kuka a taron manema labarai bayan wasan.

Bayan rashin nasarar Australian Open mai ban takaici, Li ta halarci Fed Cup na 2012 kuma ta lashe dukkan wasanninta uku a gida. Ta doke Kei-Chen Changand da Nigina Abduraimova a matakan zagayen rukuni, inda ta taimaka wa China kaiwa wasannin neman ci gaba da Kazakhstan. Daga nan ta buga da Galina Voskoboeva kuma ta yi nasara a set uku. Wannan nasarar ta tabbatar da nasarar China a fafatawar tare da tabbatar mata da gurbi a wasannin neman shiga World Group II.

Li Na a Miami

Daga nan Li ta halarci Open GDF Suez a Paris, amma ta janye a kan Tsvetana Pironkova a zagayen farko saboda raunin baya da ta samu a wasannin Fed Cup. Ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe sau biyu a jere a Indian Wells da Miami. A Indian Wells Open, Li ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, sannan ta sake fuskantar Galina Voskoboeva a zagaye na biyu, inda ta yi nasara a set uku. Li ta samu nasararta ta farko a kan Zheng Jie, bayan da ta sha kaye a haɗuwarsu biyar da suka gabata. A zagaye na huɗu ta samu nasara cikin sauƙi a kan Klára Zakopalová, wadda ke cikin yanayi mai kyau bayan ta doke Vera Zvonareva da Daniela Hantuchová. A wasan kusa da na ƙarshe ta fuskanci Angelique Kerber kuma ta sha kaye a set biyu. A Miami Open, bayan samun damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, Li ta doke Melinda Czink, Iveta Benešová da Sabine Lisicki domin samun gurbi a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe. Nasararta a kan Lisicki ta rama rashin nasarar da ta yi a hannun 'yar Jamus mai ƙarfi wajen serving a zagaye na biyu na Wimbledon na shekarar da ta gabata. Li ta sha kaye a hannun Maria Sharapova, mai matsayi na 2 a duniya, a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, wanda shi ne rashin nasararta na farko a cikin haɗuwarsu huɗu na baya, inda 'yar China ta doke 'yar Rasha a dukkan lokutan baya a set biyu kai tsaye.

Li ta kai wasan ƙarshe na Italian Open na 2012, inda ta doke Iveta Benešová, Chanelle Scheepers da Dominika Cibulková ba tare da rasa set ba, kafin Serena Williams ta ba ta damar wucewa kai tsaye zuwa wasan kusa da na ƙarshe saboda janyewarta. A wasan ƙarshe ta sha kaye a hannun Maria Sharapova a set uku masu ban sha'awa, duk da kasancewarta a kan gaba da set ɗaya da 4–0 a set na biyu, sannan ta kasa amfani da damar lashe kambun a set na ƙarshe. Li ita ce ta 7 a jerin masu matsayi a French Open, inda take kare kambunta. Ta fara kare kambunta da doke Sorana Cîrstea, Stéphanie Foretz da Christina McHale a zagaye uku na farko, kafin Yaroslava Shvedova, wadda ta samu gurbi ta hanyar cancanta, ta yi ƙoƙarin yi mata rashin nasara a zagaye na huɗu. Saboda sakamakonta a French Open, Li ta fita daga cikin 'yan wasa goma mafiya matsayi a duniya. Li ta sha kaye a hannun Sorana Cîrstea a zagaye na biyu na Wimbledon, wanda shi ne rashin nasararta ta farko a hannun 'yar Romania.

A gasar Olympics ta London ta 2012, Li, wadda take matsayi na 10, ta fita a zagayen farko bayan Daniela Hantuchová ta Slovakia ta doke ta. Rashin kyakkyawan sakamakonta ya sa ta sake fita daga cikin 'yan wasa goma mafiya matsayi a duniya a karo na biyu a shekarar bayan kammala wasannin. Bayan gasar Olympics, Li ta sanar da cewa ita da Carlos Rodríguez, mai horar da tsohuwar mai matsayi na 1 a duniya kuma wadda ta lashe manyan gasa sau bakwai Justine Henin, sun fara haɗin gwiwar horarwa.

Gasar da Li ta biyo baya ita ce Rogers Cup, inda ta kai har zuwa wasan ƙarshe. Ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye kafin ta doke fitacciyar 'yar wasan da ke gida, Eugenie Bouchard, a zagaye na biyu. A zagaye na uku, ta tsallake matsalar da Sara Errani, mai matsayi na 9 a duniya, ta kawo, sannan ta kawo ƙarshen burin Agnieszka Radwańska na zama ta 1 a matsayi ta hanyar doke ta a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe. A wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, Li ta dawo daga rashin nasara da 5–1 a set na uku domin doke Lucie Šafářová, kafin Petra Kvitová ta doke ta a wasan ƙarshe. Bayan gasar ta koma cikin 'yan wasa goma mafiya matsayi a duniya a matsayi na 9.

A Cincinnati Open, Li ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye kafin ta kawar da Sorana Cîrstea a zagaye na biyu, inda ta rama rashin nasarar da 'yar Romania ta yi mata a zagaye na biyu na Wimbledon. A zagaye na uku Li ta nuna cewa ta fi ƙarfin Johanna Larsson, sannan a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe ta doke Agnieszka Radwańska, mai matsayi na 3 a duniya kuma wadda take kan gaba a jerin masu matsayi, cikin gamsasshen wasa inda Li ta ba ta wasanni biyu kacal. Daga nan ta doke Venus Williams a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, inda ta mayar da tarihin haɗuwarsu zuwa 3–0, kafin ta doke Angelique Kerber, wadda take matsayi na biyar, a wasan ƙarshe; wannan shi ne karo na biyar da ta doke Kerber cikin wasanni shida. Wannan shi ne kambunta na farko tun French Open na 2011 da kuma kambunta na shida a sana'arta. Da lashe wannan gasa, ta hau matsayi ɗaya zuwa matsayi na 8 a duniya.

A US Open, Li ta wuce zagaye biyu na farko cikin sauƙi, inda ta doke Heather Watson da Casey Dellacqua. Sai dai tafiyarta a gasar ta ƙare ba zato ba tsammani a zagaye na gaba, lokacin da matashiyar 'yar Burtaniya Laura Robson ta doke ta a set uku. Laura Robson ta riga ta doke Kim Clijsters, wadda ta taɓa lashe gasar sau uku, a zagayen da ya gabata. Wannan sakamakon yana nufin cewa ita ce kakarta ta farko tun 2008 da ta kasa kaiwa wasan kusa da na ƙarshe a gasar Grand Slam.

Daga nan Li ta yi tafiya zuwa Tokyo domin shiga Pan Pacific Open. Ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, sannan ta lashe wasanta na zagaye na biyu a kan Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova domin samun damar fuskantar tsohuwar mai matsayi na 1 a duniya Caroline Wozniacki a zagaye na uku. Ta lashe set na farko, amma daga ƙarshe ta sha kaye a wasan. Fitar tata daga gasar na nufin damar shiga gasar WTA Tour Championships da ke tafe za ta dogara ne da sakamakonta a China Open. Li ta lashe wasanta na zagayen farko a kan Francesca Schiavone. A zagaye na biyu ta samu nasararta ta farko a kan 'yar Rasha Nadia Petrova bayan rashin nasara shida da suka gabata, wadda ta fito daga lashe Pan Pacific Open mako guda kafin hakan. A zagaye na uku ta buga da 'yar ƙasarta Peng Shuai domin samun gurbi a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, kuma ta yi nasara a wasa mai sauyin sakamako na set uku wanda ya ɗauki sa'o'i 2 da mintuna 28. A wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, ta fuskanci wadda ke kare kambunta Agnieszka Radwańska, kuma ta buga tennis mai inganci sosai domin doke ta a karo na uku a wannan kakar. Ta sha kaye a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe a hannun Maria Sharapova; 'yar Rasha ta lashe wasanni takwas a jere domin samun nasarar wasan. Da wannan sakamakon, ta zama 'yar wasa ta takwas kuma ta ƙarshe da ta samu gurbin shiga gasar ƙarshen kakar, WTA Tour Championships.

A WTA Tour Championships na 2012, an sanya Li cikin Red Group tare da Victoria Azarenka, Serena Williams da Angelique Kerber. Ta buga da Serena Williams a wasanta na farko kuma ta sha kaye a set biyu bayan ta kasa amfani da damar da ta samu ta kasance a kan gaba da 4–1 a set na farko. Ta doke Angelique Kerber a wasanta na biyu kafin ta sha kaye a hannun Azarenka a wasanta na uku; a wannan wasan, ta yi serving domin lashe set na farko a 5–4, amma an karya serving ɗinta kuma ta rasa set ɗin a tie-break. Wannan shi ne wasan ƙarshe na kakarta ta 2012, inda ta kammala shekarar a matsayi na 7 a duniya.

A ranar 29 ga Disamba 2012, Li ta doke Victoria Azarenka a gasar baje kolin wasanni ta shekara-shekara a Hua Hin, Thailand.

2013: Wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open na biyu, komawa cikin 'yan wasa huɗu na farko, da matsayi na 3 a ƙarshen shekara

Li Na tare da mai horar da ita Carlos Rodríguez a US Open na 2013

Li ta fara kakarta a gasar farko ta Shenzhen Open. Ta kai wasan ƙarshe cikin sauƙi bayan ta doke Mandy Minella, Julia Cohen, Bojana Jovanovski da Peng Shuai ba tare da an kai wasan zuwa set na uku ba, lamarin da ya sanya ta cikin kyakkyawan matsayi na lashe kambunta na WTA na bakwai. A wasan ƙarshe, Li ta doke wadda aka ba matsayi na 5, Klára Zakopalová, cikin sets uku, inda ta lashe kambunta na farko a shekarar 2013 da na bakwai a tarihinta.

Daga nan Li ta buga gasar Sydney International, inda ta kai wasan ƙarshe a shekaru biyu da suka gabata a jere, kuma ta lashe gasar a shekarar 2011. Christina McHale ta matsa mata sosai, amma ba ta sha wahala sosai ba wajen doke Ayumi Morita. A wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, ta fuskanci matashiyar Ba'amurkiya Madison Keys, wadda ta kasance babbar ƙalubale, amma Li ta yi nasara a cikin sets uku masu tsauri, ta samu damar buga wasan kusa da na ƙarshe da 'yar wasa mai matsayi na 4 a duniya, Agnieszka Radwańska. Li ta yi kama da za ta yi nasara a farkon wasan, amma daga baya ta fara yin rauni, inda ta yi kurakurai da yawa da ba a tilasta mata su ba, waɗanda suka bai wa Radwańska damar lashe set na farko. Ta ceci damar cin wasan guda huɗu a lokacin da Radwańska ke yin hidima a wasa na tara na set na biyu, sannan ta ceci wasu uku yayin da ita ke yin hidima a wasa na goma. Sai dai daga ƙarshe ta kasa jure matsin lamba, kuma bugun rabin-voley da ta aika cikin raga ya tabbatar da nasarar Radwańska cikin awa 1 da mintuna 32, lamarin da ya kawo ƙarshen mulkin Li a Sydney.

A Australian Open, Li ta yi saurin kaiwa wasan kwata fainal, inda ta fuskanci Agnieszka Radwańska mai matsayi na 4 a duniya, wadda ba ta rasa ko da set ɗaya ba a wasanni 13 da ta ci a jere. Li ta zama 'yar wasa ta farko da ta doke ta a wannan kakar, sannan ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, inda ta doke Maria Sharapova mai matsayi na 2 a duniya cikin sets biyu, wadda a gasar ta rasa wasanni tara kacal, adadi mafi ƙanƙanta da aka taɓa samu. Wannan ya zama karo na biyu da Li ta kai wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open cikin shekaru uku, bayan ta zo ta biyu a bayan Kim Clijsters a shekarar 2011. A wasan ƙarshe, Li ta fuskanci cikas sakamakon raunin da ta samu, inda ta faɗi sau biyu. Na farko ya faru ne lokacin da take baya da 1–3 a set na biyu, faɗuwar da ta sa ta samu hutun jinya na mintuna 10. Ta sake faɗuwa karo na biyu bayan hutun wasan wuta na Ranar Australia, inda ba kawai ta sake karkatar da ƙafarta ta hagu ba, har ma ta bugi bayan kanta da ƙarfi a filin wasa, lamarin da ya sa ta ɗan suma na wani lokaci. Duk da cewa raunin ya hana ta motsi yadda ya kamata, ta ci gaba da wasa amma daga ƙarshe ta sha kashi a sets uku a hannun Victoria Azarenka.

Raunin ƙafar hagu da ta samu a wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open ya tilasta mata janyewa daga gasannin da suka biyo baya, ciki har da Qatar da Indian Wells Open, da kuma wasan baje koli na BNP Paribas Showdown a Hong Kong, inda aka shirya za ta fafata da tsohuwar 'yar wasa mai matsayi na 1 a duniya, Caroline Wozniacki.

Bayan shafe makonni bakwai ba ta buga wasa ba, Li ta dawo gasar a Miami Open a matsayi na biyar. Bayan samun damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, ta doke Kiki Bertens a zagaye na biyu cikin sets biyu masu sauri ba tare da rasa hidimarta ba, a wasanta na farko tun bayan wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open. Daga nan ta fuskanci Varvara Lepchenko da Garbiñe Muguruza, inda ta doke su duka cikin sets biyu, ta samu damar fuskantar Serena Williams mai matsayi na 1 a duniya a wasan kwata fainal. Duk da kasancewarta a gaba da ci 5–2 a set na biyu da kuma samun damar lashe set a lokacin da Williams ke yin hidima, ba ta samu hanyar cin gajiyar damar ba, kuma daga ƙarshe ta sha kashi a wasan tie-break.

Gasar da Li ta buga ta gaba ita ce Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, wadda ita ce babbar gasar farko ta filin yumbu a kakar. A matsayi na biyu, ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye. Ta doke wadda ta samu cancanta, Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, cikin sauƙi a zagaye na biyu, inda hakan ya kafa mata wasa da Petra Kvitová a wasan kwata fainal. Ta doke Kvitová sannan ta doke 'yar wasan da ta yi mamaki ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, duka cikin sets biyu, inda ta kai wasan ƙarshe a karon farko, tana neman kambunta na takwas a sana'arta. Wasan ƙarshe ya kasance tsakanin ta da Maria Sharapova, wadda hanyarta zuwa wasan ƙarshe ta ƙunshi wasanni uku da suka kai set uku, kowannensu ya ɗauki sama da sa'o'i uku. Sai dai Sharapova ta doke Li cikin sauƙi cikin sama da mintuna 90, inda ta ƙara yawan wasannin da ta ci a jere a filin yumbu zuwa 16, tare da ɗaukar fansa kan rashin nasarar da Li ta jawo mata a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na Australian Open a farkon shekarar.

A mako na gaba, Li ta sha mamaki a hannun lucky loser Madison Keys a zagayen farko na Madrid Open, wanda ya zama karon farko a kakar da ta fita daga gasa tun farkon matakanta. Ta koma Italian Open a matsayin wadda ta kai wasan ƙarshe a shekarar da ta gabata. Bayan samun damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, ta doke Zheng Jie cikin sets biyu, sannan ta fafata da tsohuwar abokiyar wasanta ta doubles Jelena Janković, wadda ta doke Li a wani dogon wasa, inda rashin daidaiton Li ya zama sanadin rashin nasararta, bayan ta yi kurakurai 62 da ba a tilasta mata su ba. A matsayinta na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ake ganin za su iya lashe gasar, neman kambunta na biyu na Grand Slam ya fara ne lokacin da ta fuskanci Anabel Medina Garrigues a zagayen farko na Roland Garros, inda ta yi nasara cikin sets biyu. Sai dai matsalolinta a filin yumbu sun ci gaba, yayin da Bethanie Mattek-Sands, wadda ke matsayi na 67, ta doke ta a zagaye na biyu da aka katse saboda ruwan sama – ta sha kashi a sets uku, lamarin da ya kawo ƙarshen kakarta mai ban takaici a filin yumbu.

Li ta fara kakar wasannin filin ciyawa da nasara, inda ta doke Alizé Cornet a zagayen farko na Eastbourne International, inda aka ba ta matsayi na biyu. Ta samu gurbin wasan kwata fainal da Elena Vesnina bayan abokiyar hamayyarta a zagaye na biyu, Marion Bartoli, ta janye saboda rashin lafiya da wata ƙwayar cuta ta haddasa. 'Yar wasan Rasha ta kawo ƙarshen tafiyar Li, sannan ita ma ta ci gasar.

Li ita ce wadda aka ba matsayi na shida a Wimbledon. Ta doke Michaëlla Krajicek a zagayen farko da Simona Halep a wani wasa mai ban sha'awa na sets uku. A zagaye na uku da Klára Zakopalová, wadda aka ba matsayi na 32, Li ta rasa set na farko, amma ta lashe wasan cikin sets uku bayan Zakopalová ta kasa kammala wasan yayin da take yin hidima. A zagaye na huɗu ta doke Roberta Vinci, inda ta samu gurbin shiga cikin 'yan wasa takwas na ƙarshe a karo na uku. Bayan wasan, ta bayyana cewa sirrin nasararta shi ne atisayen slice da mijinta Jiang Shan ya yi mata kafin wasan. A wasan kwata fainal da Agnieszka Radwańska, Li tana gaba da ci 5–4 a set na farko kuma tana da damar lashe set lokacin da ta buga ace wanda aka yi kiran cewa ya fita, alhali bai fita ba. Li ba ta kalubalanci hukuncin ba, kuma ta rasa set ɗin a tie-break, inda ita ma take gaba da ci 5–3. Ta yi ƙoƙarin dawowa ta lashe set na biyu, bayan ta dawo daga ci 4–2. Wani ɗan gajeren hutun ruwan sama ya dakatar da wasan a farkon set na uku. Bayan an dawo wasa, Radwańska ce ta yi saurin zuwa gaba da ci 5–2. Li ta ceci damar cin wasa guda takwas, amma daga ƙarshe ta sha kashi bayan awa 2 da mintuna 47.

Li Na tana atisaye a Rogers Cup na 2013 a Toronto

Daga nan Li ta fafata a Rogers Cup a Toronto, inda ta kai wasan ƙarshe a shekarar da ta gabata. Bayan samun damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, ta doke Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova cikin sets biyu masu sauƙi, sannan ta samu nasarori masu wahala a kan 'yan wasa da ke cikin kyakkyawan yanayi, Ana Ivanovic (a tie-break na set na ƙarshe, bayan ta tsira daga ci 2–5) da Dominika Cibulková, inda ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, amma ta sha kashi a hannun Sorana Cîrstea. A San Diego Open, ta samu nasarori a kan Lauren Davis da Angelique Kerber kafin Agnieszka Radwańska ta ba ta walkover a wasan kwata fainal bayan 'yar Polan ta janye saboda dalilai na kashin kanta. A wasan kusa da na ƙarshe da Serena Williams, an karya hidimarta lokacin da take ƙoƙarin kammala kowane ɗayan sets ɗin, kuma zakarar gasar ta ƙarshe ta doke ta.

An ba Li matsayi na biyar a US Open, inda ta doke Olga Govortsova da Sofia Arvidsson cikin sets biyu, sannan ta rama wa Laura Robson a zagaye na uku, wato matakin da Robson ta doke ta a shekarar da ta gabata. Daga nan ta doke tsohuwar 'yar wasa mai matsayi na 1 a duniya Jelena Janković cikin sets biyu. Bayan doke Janković, ta kai wasan kwata fainal na US Open a karo na biyu kacal a sana'arta. A can ta doke Ekaterina Makarova, inda ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na US Open a karon farko, sannan kuma ta zama karo na farko da wata 'yar China ta kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na US Open, kafin Serena Williams ta sake kawo ƙarshen tafiyarta cikin sets biyu, bayan da ta buƙaci damar cin wasa guda shida kafin ta yi nasara.

Daga nan ta tafi Beijing domin shiga 2013 China Open a matsayin wadda magoya bayan gida suka fi so, inda ta doke Daniela Hantuchová, Bojana Jovanovski da Sabine Lisicki cikin sets biyu kafin Petra Kvitová ta doke ta a wasan kwata fainal.

A ranar 27 ga Satumba, Li ta samu cancantar shiga 2013 WTA Tour Championships. Ta lashe dukkan wasanninta uku na zagayen rukuni da Sara Errani, Jelena Janković da Victoria Azarenka, don haka ta samu damar shiga wasan kusa da na ƙarshe a karon farko. Bayan ta doke Petra Kvitová, matsayinta ya tashi zuwa sabon mafi girman matsayi a sana'arta, na 3 a duniya, wanda shi ne matsayi mafi girma da wata 'yar wasan tennis daga ƙasar Gabashin Asiya da Asiya ta taɓa samu, inda ta wuce Maria Sharapova da Agnieszka Radwańska. A wasan ƙarshe, ta fara da ƙarfi, inda ta buga winners guda goma a kan hanyarta ta lashe set na farko a kan Serena Williams, amma ƙarfinta ya ƙare a ci 3–3 a set na biyu, inda ta rasa wasanni tara a jere kuma ta sha kashi a wasan.

2014: Zakarar Australian Open da ritaya

Li ta fara kakar 2014 a matsayin wadda ke kare kambunta a Shenzhen Open. Ta doke wadda aka ba katin gayyata kuma tsohuwar 'yar wasa mai matsayi na 2 a duniya Vera Zvonareva a zagayen farko, Nadiia Kichenok a zagaye na biyu, Monica Niculescu a wasan kwata fainal da Annika Beck a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, inda ta kai wasan ƙarshe na farko a shekarar, sannan a cikin wannan tsari ta kafa wasan ƙarshe na biyu tsakanin 'yan China kawai a tarihin WTA, inda ta doke Peng Shuai cikin sets biyu ta lashe kambunta na takwas na 'yan wasa ɗaya a sana'arta. Wannan shi ne karo na farko a sana'ar Li da ta samu nasarar kare kowane irin kambu.

A Australian Open, Li ta fafata a matsayin wadda aka ba matsayi na huɗu. Ta yi nasara cikin sauri a kan 'yan wasa biyu da ke cikin manyan biyu na matasan duniya, Ana Konjuh da Belinda Bencic, a zagayen farko da na biyu. Bayan ta rasa set na farko a hannun Lucie Šafářová, ta ceci damar cin wasa lokacin da take baya da 5–6 a set na biyu, kafin ta dawo a tie-break da set ɗin yanke hukunci don kauce wa babbar nasara da ba a zata ba. Daga nan ta doke Ekaterina Makarova, Flavia Pennetta da Eugenie Bouchard cikin sauƙi, inda ta kai wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open a karo na uku cikin shekaru huɗu, inda ta doke wadda ta kai wasan ƙarshe na babban gasa a karon farko kuma aka ba ta matsayi na 20, Dominika Cibulková, cikin sets biyu, ta lashe kambunta na farko na Australian Open. Hakan ya sa ta zama 'yar wasa ta farko daga Gabashin Asiya da Asiya da ta lashe Australian Open, sannan ta zama mace ta huɗu da ta lashe kambun bayan ta taɓa kasancewa tana fuskantar damar rasa wasan.

Li ta ƙara yawan nasarorin da ta samu a jere zuwa wasanni 13 bayan ta doke Magdaléna Rybáriková a wasanta na farko a Qatar Ladies Open. Daga nan ta sha kashi na farko a kakar a hannun wadda ta samu cancanta Petra Cetkovská a wani wasa mai tsauri na sets uku a zagaye na uku. Bayan gasar, Li ta kai sabon matsayi mafi girma a sana'arta, na 2 a duniya a matsayin 'yar wasan ɗaya.

Gasar da Li ta shirya bugawa ta gaba ita ce Indian Wells Open, inda ba ta samu damar fafatawa a shekarar da ta gabata saboda rauni. A matsayin wadda aka ba matsayi na farko a gasar Premier Mandatory a karon farko, ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, kafin ta samu nasarori cikin sets biyu a kan 'yar ƙasarta Zheng Jie, Karolína Plíšková da Aleksandra Wozniak, inda ta kai wasan kwata fainal da Dominika Cibulková, a sake fafatawa kamar wasan ƙarshe na Australian Open. Duk da cewa Li ta yi kurakurai 54 da ba a tilasta mata su ba, ta yi nasara cikin sets uku, sannan ta fuskanci Flavia Pennetta a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe. A can, 'yar Italiyiyar da aka ba matsayi na 20 kuma wadda daga baya ta lashe gasar ta doke ta cikin sets biyu.

A Miami Open, ta samu damar wuce zagayen farko kai tsaye, sannan ta samu walkover a zagaye na biyu saboda janyewar Alisa Kleybanova. Li ta doke Madison Keys, Carla Suárez Navarro da Caroline Wozniacki a kan hanyarta zuwa wasan kusa da na ƙarshe da Dominika Cibulková, wadda ake sa ran za ta shiga cikin manyan goma bayan nasarar da ta samu a baya kan Agnieszka Radwańska. Li ta ci gaba da cikakkiyar tarihinta a kan 'yar Slovakia zuwa 7–0, inda ta samu gurbin wasan ƙarshe na Premier Mandatory a karon farko. A wasan ƙarshe da ya haɗa da manyan 'yan wasa biyu na duniya, Li ta yi saurin zuwa gaba da ci 5–2 a set na farko kuma ta rasa damar lashe set, kafin abokiyar hamayyarta, Serena Williams mai matsayi na 1 a duniya, ta dawo ta kwace set ɗin da ci 7–5. Li ta samu nasarar lashe wasa guda kacal a set na biyu.

Bayan fara kakar da nasara 21–3, raunin gwiwar hagu ya tilasta Li janyewa daga 2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, inda ta kai wasan ƙarshe a shekarar 2013. Ta fara fafutukar kakarta ta filin yumbu a Madrid Open, inda ta samu nasarori a kan Kirsten Flipkens da Zheng Jie a zagayen farko da na biyu. Daga nan Li ta sha wahala kafin ta doke Sloane Stephens a sets uku, sannan ta sake shiga wani wasa mai tsauri na sets uku a wasan kwata fainal da Maria Sharapova, inda daga ƙarshe 'yar Rasha ta doke ta bayan Li ta lashe set na farko cikin sauƙi. A Italian Open, Li ta doke 'yan Australiya Casey Dellacqua, domin samun nasararta ta 500 a sana'arta, da Sam Stosur, kafin Sara Errani ta yi mata rashin nasara na farko a wasan kwata fainal. Bayan wasan, Li ta gaya wa manema labarai cewa ta yi amai ƙasa da mintuna 20 kafin ta shiga filin wasa saboda gubar abinci. A French Open, matashiyar 'yar Faransa Kristina Mladenovic ta yi mata babban rashin nasara a zagayen farko. Wannan shi ne kuma fitowarta mafi wuri daga gasar. Rashin nasarar Li a zagayen farko ya taimaka wajen kafa tarihin tennis guda uku marasa kyau. Saboda zakaran Australian Open na maza na shekarar 2014, Stan Wawrinka, shi ma ya sha kashi a zagayen farko, wannan ya zama karo na farko a tarihin tennis da zakarun Grand Slam masu kare kambunsu suka fita a zagayen farko na babban gasarsu na gaba. Saboda Serena Williams, wadda aka ba matsayi na farko, ta sha kashi a zagaye na biyu, wannan ya zama karo na farko a tarihin Open Era da manyan mata biyu da aka ba matsayi na farko suka fita kafin zagaye na uku a kowace gasar Grand Slam. Bayan Agnieszka Radwańska, wadda aka ba matsayi na 3, ta sha kashi a zagaye na uku, wannan kuma ya zama karo na farko a Open Era da babu ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa uku na farko da aka ba matsayi da ta kai sama da zagaye na uku.

Li ta zaɓi kada ta buga wata gasar share fage kafin babban gasa ta uku ta kakar ta fara. Raguwar yanayin wasanta ta ci gaba a 2014 Wimbledon Championships, inda aka fitar da ita a zagaye na uku a hannun Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, bayan ta doke Paula Kania da Yvonne Meusburger a zagayen farko da na biyu. A watan Yuli, Li da mai horar da ita Rodríguez sun raba hanya.

Bayan ba ta sake buga wasa ba tun Wimbledon saboda raunin gwiwar hagu wanda ya buƙaci a yi mata tiyata, Li ta sanar da yin ritaya daga wasan tennis na ƙwarar

Shahara da tallace-tallacen kasuwanci

A matsayinta na 'yar wasan tennis mafi nasara daga Gabashin Asiya da Asiya gaba ɗaya, Li ta zama ɗaya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasa kuma waɗanda kamfanoni suka fi sha'awar tallatawa a duniya. A shekarar 2013, Li ta bayyana a bangon mujallar Time, wadda ta sanya sunanta cikin jerin mutane 100 da suka fi tasiri a duniya na shekara; Li tana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa huɗu kacal da aka sanya cikin jerin. Tsohuwar 'yar wasa mai matsayi na 1 a duniya Chris Evert ta rubuta cewa: "Tennis ya bunƙasa a China. Yanzu ƙasar tana da kusan 'yan wasan tennis miliyan 15; mutane miliyan 116 sun kalli Li tana lashe French Open. Irin wannan yaɗuwar labari tana da muhimmanci ga wasanmu, kuma da ba a samu Li ba da hakan ba zai faru ba. A gasa, na ga yadda take burge jama'a. Idan ta yi murmushi, kowa yana narkewa. Ita mutum ce mai kawo sabon yanayi. Halinta na abokantaka a filin wasa da kuma hirarrakinta masu ban dariya bayan wasa suna sa kowa murmushi." Li ta kuma bayyana a bangon mujallar Time ta ranar 26 ga Mayu 2014, wadda ta ƙunshi wani labari mai taken "The Passion of Li Na", inda marubuciya Hannah Beech ta bayyana Li a matsayin fitacciyar jarumar wasanni ta duniya, wadda ke zaburar da miliyoyin Sinawa su ɗauke ta a matsayin abin koyi wajen neman 'yancin kai da 'yancin tunani. A shekarar 2012, Forbes ta sanya Li a matsayi na 85 a jerin Forbes Celebrity 100. Li, tare da 'yan wasan tennis Maria Sharapova da Serena Williams, su ne mata 'yan wasa uku kacal da suka shiga cikin jerin manyan 100 da suka fi samun kuɗi. An sanya Li a matsayi na 5 da na 8 a jerin Forbes China Celebrity 100 a shekarun 2012 da 2014 bi da bi. A cikin al'ummomin Sinawa ana kiran Li da ƙauna da "Big Sister Na" (Chinese: 娜姐; pinyin: Nàjiě), kuma ana ɗaukarta a matsayin abin koyi mai "ƙarfi, mai tsayin daka kuma mara karkata". Ba wai kawai ta zama sananniya a duk faɗin China ba, har ma ta zama shahararriyar alama a duniya, inda microblogging ɗinta na Sina Weibo ya samu mabiya sama da miliyan 23 zuwa watan Oktoba 2014. Ra'ayin da mutane suka yi game da rashin bin ƙa'ida nata, wanda ake misalta shi da zanen tattoo na fure a kirjinta da kuma tsoffin saɓanin da ta taɓa samu da shirye-shiryen wasanni na gwamnati, ya taimaka wajen ƙara shahararta. A ranar 15 ga Afrilu 2015, Li ta karɓi lambar yabo ta Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement a Laureus World Sports Awards da aka gudanar a Shanghai. Ta kuma kasance cikin waɗanda aka zaɓa don lambar yabo ta Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, tare da Serena Williams.

Nike ta kasance mai ɗaukar nauyin tufafi da takalmin Li na shekaru da dama, tun daga farkon sana'arta ta wasan tennis. Li ta yi amfani da raket ɗin Babolat Pure Drive GT. A shekarar 2009, IMG ta sanya hannu da Li. Ta shahara sosai bayan nasarar da ta samu a Roland Garros, kuma tun daga lokacin ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyoyin tallata kayayyaki guda bakwai na shekaru da yawa. Wakilinta, Max Eisenbud, ya kuma yi nasarar sasanta yarjejeniya da ta ba Li damar sanya alamun wasu masu ɗaukar nauyi a kan rigar tennis ɗinta ta Nike, abin da kamfanin kayan wasanni ba ya yawan amincewa da shi.

A shekarar 2019, Peter Chan ya jagoranci wani fim game da rayuwar Li Na, wanda aka gina bisa tarihin rayuwarta da ta rubuta, amma har yanzu ba a san ranar fitar da shi ba.

Salon wasa

Li ta kasance 'yar wasan da ke kai hare-hare daga bayan filin wasa, inda wasanta ya dogara ne kan saurin amsawa, ƙwarewar motsa jiki da kuma ƙarfi wajen bugun ƙwallaye daga ƙasa, waɗanda ke da daidaito, kyakkyawan sanya ƙwallo da zurfi. Bugun forehand ɗinta na ƙetare filin wasa ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin bugun da ta fi so, inda take bugunsa da matuƙar daidaito da sauri, duk da cewa an ce backhand ɗinta shi ne bugun ƙwallo daga ƙasa mafi daidaito da aminci. Dukansu ta shahara da sakin su ba zato ba tsammani zuwa dukkan sassan filin wasa domin sarrafa yadda ake gudanar da wasa. Tana da ƙwarewa ta musamman wajen bugun backhand a layi kai tsaye, wanda yake da matuƙar tasiri wajen samar da winners ko tilasta abokiyar hamayya ta yi rauni. Masu nazarin wasan tennis da yawa sun ɗauki Li a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa masu tsafta da ƙarfi wajen bugun ƙwallo a yawon shakatawar tennis, wadda ke iya rinjayar abokan hamayya da ƙarfi daga bayan filin wasa. Ko da yake ba ta da hidima mai matuƙar ƙarfi, tana sanya ƙwallon hidimar da kyau, wanda a wasu lokuta ke ba ta damar samun aces ko ƙwallayen da ba za a iya mayarwa ba, amma hidimarta kan zama matsala idan ta rasa kwarin gwiwa a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba, lamarin da ke haifar da kurakuran hidima sau biyu da yawa. Li ta yi amfani da ingantaccen salon tsaro wanda ya haɗa da kyakkyawan aikin ƙafafu, sauri da motsi a gefe. Ƙarfinta na mayar da tsaro zuwa hari ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙarfinta, domin tana iya bugawa da kyau yayin gudu kuma ta yi ta motsawa a filin wasa cikin sauƙi. Da yake ta kasance ƙwararriyar 'yar wasan doubles, ta kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali yayin wasa a kusa da raga, kuma sau da yawa tana matsowa gaba domin cin gajiyar gajeriyar ƙwallo ko kammala dogon musayar ƙwallaye. Rashin daidaiton wasanta an bayyana shi a matsayin babban rauninta a duk tsawon sana'arta, domin tana iya shiga yanayin wasa mai tsauri da rashin daidaito tare da yawan kurakuran da ba a tilasta mata su ba. Saboda yawanci tana bugun ƙwallayenta da ƙarfi kuma a layi, ba tare da yawan topspin ko slice ba, wasanta ya rasa bambance-bambance. Motsin zuciyarta a filin wasa ya cutar da wasanta a lokutan da ake fafatawa sosai. A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Carlos Rodríguez, Li ta ƙara rungumar salon wasa mai cikakken zagaye, inda ta ƙara topspin a bugun forehand ɗinta da yawan matsowa kusa da raga cikin dabarunta, tare da inganta daidaito, kwanciyar hankali na tunani, motsi da daidaituwar jiki.

Fafatawa

Li da Sharapova

Li Na ta yi wata fafatawa mai sauyawa da Maria Sharapova, inda Sharapova ta lashe wasanninsu biyar na farko tun daga shekarar 2005, ciki har da wasan farko na Li a Grand Slam a 2005 Australian Open. Li ta lashe wasanta na farko da Sharapova a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na Birmingham a shekarar 2009, inda ta fara jerin nasarori huɗu a jere a kan Sharapova. Li ta sake doke Sharapova a Birmingham a shekarar 2010, a wannan karon a wasan ƙarshe, da kuma a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na 2011 French Open, a kan hanyarta ta lashe Grand Slam na farko. A gasar ƙarshen shekara daga baya a wannan shekarar, Li ta doke Sharapova a zagayen rukuni. A shekarar 2012, Li da Sharapova sun fafata sau uku, inda Sharapova ta lashe dukkan wasanninsu ukun, mafi shahara daga cikinsu shi ne wasan ƙarshe na gasar filin yumbu a Rome. Li ta lashe set na farko kuma ta yi kama da za ta yi nasara lokacin da ta koma gaba da ci 4–0 a set na biyu saboda salon hari mai ƙarfi wanda ya sa ta lashe maki 15 daga cikin 17. Yayin da nasara ke kusa, Li ba zato ba tsammani ta rasa daidaiton bugunta, kuma kurakurai 24 da ba a tilasta mata su ba suka bai wa Sharapova damar dawowa cikin wasan, daga ƙarshe ta yi nasara a kan Li cikin sets uku. Sun sake haɗuwa a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na 2013 Australian Open, inda Li ta samu babbar nasararta mafi shahara a kan Sharapova, inda ta yi nasara cikin sets biyu kuma ta ba da wasanni huɗu kacal (Sharapova ta rasa wasanni tara kacal kafin wannan wasan). Bayan 'yan watanni, a gasar 2013 Porsche Grand Prix Tennis a Stuttgart, Sharapova ta kare kambunta ta hanyar doke Li a wasan ƙarshe. Ma'auratan sun sake fafatawa a wani wasa mai tsauri na sets uku a wasan kwata fainal na 2014 Mutua Madrid Open, inda Sharapova ta yi nasara daga ƙarshe duk da cewa Li tana gaba da set ɗaya da break. Sharapova ta jagoranci tarihin fafatawarsu da ci 10–5.

Li da Radwańska

Li da Agnieszka Radwańska sun fara fafatawa da juna a shekarar 2009. Li ce ke kan gaba a tarihin fafatawarsu da ci 6–5. Bayan wasanninsu huɗu na farko a shekarun 2009 da 2010, tarihin fafatawarsu ya yi kunnen doki da 2–2. Wannan ya haɗa da nasara ɗaya kowannensu a Wimbledon Championships; Radwańska ta yi nasara a 2009, Li kuma a 2010. A shekarar 2012, Li da Radwańska sun fafata sau huɗu, inda Li ta lashe uku. Li ta sha kashi a wasan kwata fainal na Stuttgart cikin sets uku, amma ta mamaye a Montréal, Cincinnati da Beijing. Li ta hana Radwańska samun matsayi na 1 a duniya daga hannun Victoria Azarenka da nasarorin farko guda biyu, yayin da kuma ta kawo ƙarshen ƙoƙarinta na kare kambunta a Beijing, tare da samun gurbi na takwas kuma na ƙarshe a gasar ƙarshen shekara a cikin wannan tsari.

A shekarar 2013, dukansu sun lashe gasar farko da suka shiga. Dukansu ba su sha kashi ba lokacin da suka haɗu a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na gasarsu ta biyu ta shekara a Sydney. Radwańska ta doke Li sannan daga ƙarshe ta lashe gasar. Wannan shi ne rashin nasarar Li na farko a shekarar 2013, yayin da Radwańska ta ci gaba da kasancewa ba a doke ta ba. A wasan kwata fainal na 2013 Australian Open, Li ta jawo wa Radwańska rashin nasararta ta farko a kakar. Sun sake haɗuwa a Wimbledon a wasan kwata fainal, inda Radwańska ta samu nasara mai tsauri a sets uku.

Li da Clijsters

Li da Kim Clijsters sun kafa wata shahararriyar fafatawa, inda suka haɗu sau takwas tsakanin shekarun 2006 da 2012. Clijsters ta jagoranci tarihin fafatawarsu da ci 6–2, ciki har da 4–0 a Grand Slam. Li ta kai wasan kwata fainal na Grand Slam a karon farko a Wimbledon a shekarar 2006, inda Clijsters, wadda aka ba matsayi na biyu, ta doke ta cikin sets biyu. Li ta kai wasan kwata fainal na Grand Slam na biyu a 2009 US Open, kuma a wannan karon ma Clijsters ce abokiyar hamayyarta, wadda a lokacin ta dawo wasan tennis bayan ta fara iyali, kuma ta yi nasara cikin sets biyu.

Ɗaya daga cikin nasarorin Li guda biyu a kan Clijsters ta zo ne a wasan ƙarshe na 2011 Sydney International. Li tana baya da ci 0–5 a set na farko kafin ta dawo ta lashe set ɗin a tie-break, sannan ta kammala gagarumar nasara cikin sets biyu, inda ta hana Clijsters lashe kambunta na uku a Sydney. Bayan makonni biyu kacal, sun sake haɗuwa a wasan ƙarshe na 2011 Australian Open, wani was

Li vs. Azarenka

Jerin dukkan wasanninsu

No.	Shekara	Gasa	Filin wasa	Kewaye	Mai nasara	Sakamako	Tsawon lokaci
1.	2008	Gold Coast	Hard	F	Li	4–6, 6–3, 6–4	N/A
2.	2009	Tokyo	Hard	QF	Li	7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)	2:11
3.	2010	Montreal	Hard	R16	Azarenka	6–3, 6–3	1:24
4.	2011	Australian Open	Hard	R16	Li	6–3, 6–3	1:24
5.	2011	French Open	Clay	QF	Li	7–5, 6–2	1:29
6.	2011	Istanbul	Hard	RR	Azarenka	6–2, 6–2	N/A
7.	2012	Sydney	Hard	F	Azarenka	6–2, 1–6, 6–3	1:56
8.	2012	Madrid	Clay	QF	Azarenka	3–6, 6–3, 6–3	1:54
9.	2012	Istanbul	Hard	RR	Azarenka	7–6(7–4), 6–3	1:39
10.	2013	Australian Open	Hard	F	Azarenka	4–6, 6–4, 6–3	2:40
11.	2013	Istanbul	Hard	RR	Li	6–2, 6–1	N/A

Li da Victoria Azarenka sun haɗu sau goma sha ɗaya tsakanin shekarar 2008 da 2013. Azarenka ce ke gaba a tsakaninsu da nasara 6–5 gaba ɗaya, da kuma 2–1 a wasannin karshe na neman zakara, amma Li ce ke gaba da 2–1 a wasannin Grand Slam.

Haɗuwarsu ta farko ita ce a wasan karshe na gasar Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts na shekarar 2008 (wadda daga baya aka sauya wa suna zuwa Brisbane International), inda Li Na ta yi nasara a saiti uku bayan Azarenka ta ci saiti na farko. Nasarar farko da Azarenka ta samu a kan Li ta kasance ne a zagaye na uku na Rogers Cup na shekarar 2010. Sun haɗu sau uku a shekarar 2011, inda guda biyu daga ciki suka kasance a Grand Slams, kuma Li ta yi nasara a duka lokutan biyu, kafin Azarenka ta sami nasara a haɗuwarsu ta uku a WTA Tour Championships na shekarar 2011, a hanyarta ta zuwa wasan karshe.

Sun sake haɗuwa sau uku a shekarar 2012, inda Azarenka ta yi nasara a dukkan lokutan. Sun haɗu a wasan karshe na Sydney International na shekarar 2012, inda ɗan wasan ƙasar Belarus ta yi nasara a saiti uku bayan ta karɓe bauta daga wurin mai riƙe da kofin wato Li a maki 4–3 a saiti na ƙarshe. Azarenka ta kuma sami nasara a haɗuwarsu a Madrid da kuma gasar ƙarshen shekara ta WTA Tour Championships.

Haɗuwarsu ta mafi muhimmanci har zuwa yau ita ce a wasan karshe na Australian Open na shekarar 2013. Yan wasan biyu sun shiga wasan karshe kowanne yana ɗauke da kofin Grand Slam guda ɗaya (Azarenka ta ci Australian Open na shekarar 2012, yayin da Li ta ci French Open na shekarar 2011), kuma suna cikin kyakkyawan yanayi, inda Azarenka ta yi rashin saiti ɗaya kacal a duk tsawon gasar kuma Li ba ta yi rashin saiti ko ɗaya ba sannan ta doke ƴan wasa biyu daga cikin na farko guda 4 (Agnieszka Radwańska da Maria Sharapova) a hanyarta ta zuwa karshe. Bayan Li ta ci saiti na farko, ta sami rauni mai tsanani a kai da idon kafa kuma a ƙarshe ta yi rashin nasara a saiti uku.

Haɗuwarsu ta ƙarshe a WTA Tour Championships na shekarar 2013 ta kasance wasa na gefe ɗaya, inda Li ta sami nasara a saiti biyu jera guda sannan ta yi rashin wasanni uku kacal a dukkan wasan.

Ruyuwar Mutum

Iyayenta

An haifi Li Na a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1982 a tsakiyar birnin Wuhan, Hubei. Kakan mahaifinta Li Longli malamin wasannin motsa jiki ne a Makarantar Primari ta Baoxing Street da ke Hankow. Mahaifinta Li Shengpeng (1957–1996), daga Lardin Hanyang, Hubei, ya shiga ƙungiyar badminton ta lardin Hubei a takaice amma harkar wasanninsa ta tsaya lokacin da aka tura shi karkara a lokacin Motsin Tafi Karkara na Juyin Juya Halin Al'adu. Li Shengpeng ya wuce kololuwar sa'arsa lokacin da ya dawo daga karkara kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tallata kayayyaki a Ma'aikatar Karfe ta Yangtze ta jiha a Wuhan. Ya mutu daga wata cuta mai wuya ta zuciya da jijiyoyin jini lokacin da Li Na ke da shekaru sha huɗu.

Kakanin Li Na na wajen uwa da mahaifiyarta, duka daga Lardin Xinhua, Hunan, sun kasance suna da zama a Port Baoqing a Wuhan, makwabcin da aka saba zama da masu harkar sufurin ruwa na kogi daga Lardin Xinhua. Mahaifiyarta Li Yanping (1957–) ta yi aiki a Kamfanin Ferry na Yangtze a Wuhan. Lokacin da Li Na ke da shekaru uku, mahaifiyarta ta kai ta zama na ɗan lokaci tare da kakar mahaifiyarta a Baixi, Xinhua, Hunan.

Aure

Li da mijinta, Jiang Shan, suna da yaruka biyu. A ranar 19 ga Janairu, 2015, Li ta sanar cewa ita da mijinta suna tsammanin samun ɗansu na farko. Ta haifi ɗyarta mace mai suna Alisa a watan Yuni na shekarar 2015. Danta na biyu, namiji, an haife shi a ranar 23 ga Disamba, 2016. Massamman tana kiran mijinta da 'Dennis'.

A watan Disamba na shekarar 2019, Li ta sayi gidan bene a Hudson Yards da ke birnin New York. Ta kuma mallaki gidan bene a Boston, Massachusetts.

Ƙididdigar aiki

Tarihin ayyukan gasar Grand Slam

Ɗaiɗaiku

Gasa	2000	2001	...	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	Nasara–Rashin Nasara	Rabon Nasara %
Australian Open	A	LQ	A	3R	1R	4R	3R	A	SF	F	4R	F	W	1 / 9	34–8	81%
French Open	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	A	4R	3R	W	4R	2R	1R	1 / 8	20–7	74%
Wimbledon	A	LQ	A	A	QF	A	2R	3R	QF	2R	2R	QF	3R	0 / 8	19–8	70%
US Open	LQ	A	A	1R	4R	A	4R	QF	1R	1R	3R	SF	A	0 / 8	17–8	68%
Nasara–Rashin Nasara	0–0	0–0		2–2	9–4	5–2	6–3	9–3	11–4	14–3	9–4	16–4	9–2	2 / 33	90–31	74%

Maza biyu/Mata biyu

Gasa	2000	2001	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	Nasara–Rashin Nasara
Australian Open	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	0 / 4	2–4
French Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 2	2–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
US Open	2R	A	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Nasara–Rashin Nasara	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–4	2–2	0–1	0 / 10	8–10

Wasan ƙarshe na gasar Grand Slam

Ɗaiɗaiku: 4 (Kofuna 2, Wadda ta zo ta biyu 2)

Sakamako	Shekara	Gasa	Filin wasa	Abon karawa	Sakamako
Rasa	2011	Australian Open	Hard	Kim Clijsters	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Nasara	2011	French Open	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Rasa	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Nasara	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Dominika Cibulková	7–6(7–3), 6–0

Wasannin neman lambar yabo ta Wasannin Olimpic

Ɗaiɗaiku: 1 (Matsayi na 4)

Sakamako	Shekara	Gasa	Filin wasa	Abon karawa	Sakamako
Matsayi na 4	2008	Summer Olympics Beijing, China	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	0–6, 5–7