Li Na to be on cover of Time as 100 most influential people (4)

（People's Daily Online） 16:01, April 19, 2013

Li Na defeats Italian contestant Francesca Schiavone in the 2011 French Open and won the title, June 4, 2011. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Edited and translated by Li Xiang, People's Daily Online

Li Na has been included in this year’s TIME's 100 Influential People list. The official website of Women's Tennis Association further revealed that Li Na will make the cover of the new edition of TIME magazine on April 29, 2013.

Li Na was born in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province, China. Starting to play tennis as a little girl, Li became a professional tennis player in 1999 and she has struggled all the way from low level tennis competition to Grand Slam. Li won the women's singles of French Open in 2011 which made her the first person in China or even Asia that has won the singles gold.

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