BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- China’s top seed, Li Na looking strong in the early stages of the tournament. She met a second teenager, after beating Ana Konjuh in the first round, it was Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic on Wednesday in round two, and the talented teen couldn’t stop the thirty something. So two sixteen year olds down, and Li’s into the last thirty two.
The Fourth seed had to watch-out against a player who some are predicting big things for in the future. The Swiss is the number one ranked junior in the world but she struggled to lift her game to match Li’s early on.
A fierce forehand in the hot conditions in Melbourne.
Li already a couple of games up and consolidating the break with another fine shot - a wrong footing backhand. Bencic, coached by Martina Hingis’ mother won two junior Grand Slam titles last year but lost the first set in 22 minutes 6-love. But Bencic would put up more of a challenge in the second set.
Li’s service broken twice but the set went to a tie break. The Wuhan’s native wealth of Grand Slam experience helped her to prevail 7-5.
She’ll play 26th seed Lucie Safarova on Friday’s in the third round for a place in the last 16.
"Pretty good. She played exactly like Martina Hingis, I feel. Yeah, it’s very tough to play a decent player I never see before because I cannot get any information. When comes to the court, it’s like, Okay, is similar like first round. It’s like, Okay, Yeah, I think today she give me very tough time end of the second set. But I was really happy in the end I can use my experience to win the match." Li Na said.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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