MELBOURNE: Crises of confidence, shouting matches with her husband-coach and alternate waves of criticism and adulation from a nation of 1.3 billion – tennis has rarely been a smooth ride for China’s Li Na.
The tattooed 29-year-old returns to Melbourne Park, the scene of her trailblazing run to the final that set up a platform for an unlikely French Open victory over champion Francesca Schiavone in June.
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