Li Na 1st Asian To Win Australian Open Title
Chinese Tennis player Li Na captures the 2nd Grand Slam title with 7-6(3) 6-0 win over Dominika Cibulkova in the Australian Open final in Melbourne. She becomes the 1st Asian to ever to win the Australian Open, also become the oldest women's champion here in the Open era.
Li, who turns 32 next month, lost finals to Kim Clijsters in 2011 and to Victoria Azarenka last year. In between, she won the 2011 French Open in one of the many firsts she's established for Chinese tennis.
She had no such trouble against No. 20-seeded Cibulkova on Saturday night, racing through the second set in 27 minutes after taking the first in a tiebreaker.
