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Post by douglaslam on Jan 26, 2013 6:38:26 GMT -5
I never played a game of tennis nor am I a big fan of the game. I just watched the final of the women's singles title of the Australian Open. The crowd favourite Li Na lost the championship to Victoria Azarenka after winning the first set, and played on strongly in the second. She fell twice in the second set and required medical attention to her ankle in the process. The end result was disappointing, but that is not to take anything away from Li Na. No other Chinese woman had gone as far as her. Well done.
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Post by douglaslam on Jul 1, 2013 22:44:48 GMT -5
Yes, Li Na is at it again, reaching the women's quarter-finals at Wimbledon. Li Na, a crowd favourits,is a quiet achiever. Quiet, because she does not make those shrill grunts which is common with the other female players.
This year may well be Li Na's last season on the tough elite level professional tennis touring circuit. Let's hope she can carry it off. Let's collectively will her to a famous win.
Li Na is also well known for bucking China's top sport officialdom. She defied the rigid lines which control all elite athletes; things like where you compete, schedules, prize money, and travelling. She forged her own professional career with minimal intervention from the bureaucrats.
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Post by douglaslam on Jan 23, 2014 7:32:18 GMT -5
Yes folks, I am again to report on Li Na at the Australian Open Tennis. For the third time she is reaching the final after beating her Canadian teenager opponent. www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/eugenie-bouchard-and-li-na-in-australian-open-battle-of-the-generations-20140122-3194t.html I hope it is a case of third time lucky for Li Na. As a rising 32 year old, time is running out for her. As yet, she is still the first Chinese,and first Asian woman to have won a Grand Slam title. I hope she can added the Australian Open title to her illustrious career. The match will be played on Saturday evening local time. Let's all give Li Na a heave ho.
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Post by douglaslam on Jan 25, 2014 5:32:20 GMT -5
Hi Everybody: the time is 9:20 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time, Saturday Jan 25, 2014. Li Na has done it. SHE WON THE WOMEN'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS title. It is her second Grand Slam title. The first set was very close, so close that I could not bear to watch its conclusion. She prevailed to win 7/6, the second set, she won convincingly 6/0. Hurrah, Hurrah, bravo, 好野,頂呱呱 rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/news.htm?expressnews&20140125&55&980349 Breaking news on RTHK almost immediately, but in Chinese only.
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Post by laohuaqiao on Jan 25, 2014 7:17:47 GMT -5
Yes! Congratulations to Li Na!
She certainly has a personality, entertaining to watch both on and off the court. She and her husband make good dramatic, live TV.
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Post by lachinatown on Jan 25, 2014 19:55:18 GMT -5
We have Julie Chu - USA Women's National Ice Hockey Team in the Olympics
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Post by douglaslam on Jan 27, 2014 5:18:45 GMT -5
Yes, laohuaqiao, Li Na is all that. It is the kind of personality needed to brighten up the scene. For her effort, she gets a pay cheque for A$2.65mil, plus a trophy. Not bad for two weeks work if you are good enough for it.
We are in the sub-tropical zone, snow sport is not at all a rage here. Ice hockey is definitely out for us. Never heard of Julie Chu, but well aware of Michelle Kwan, who was never to fulfill her dreams of Olympic gold. I remember when Michelle Kwan was beaten by another American, by the name of Lupinski or something, Kwan was not referred to as American. It was a great insult to all Chinese-Americans.
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Post by lachinatown on Jan 27, 2014 11:03:48 GMT -5
"Kwan was not referred to as American", why do you say that Douglas? She was here in Southern California and UCLA, but I don't remember feeling that way.
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Post by Doug 周 on Jan 27, 2014 14:00:12 GMT -5
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Post by douglaslam on Jan 27, 2014 18:00:00 GMT -5
DJ, as usual you're right on the money. I remember this incident well.
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Post by lachinatown on Mar 17, 2014 11:02:19 GMT -5
Thanks.
Kyle Anderson will be joining Jeremy Lin in the NBA soon.
“They’re both very smart players and know how to play,” UCLA coach Ben Howland said of Lin (Jeremy) and Anderson (Kyle). “The one angle would be that Kyle is one-quarter Chinese.”
Anderson’s maternal grandmother, Mirian Foreman, is half-Chinese and grew up in St. Anne, Jamaica. Samuel Lee Hing, Foreman’s father and Anderson’s great-grandfather, was from China. He married Elgeta Lee and they lived in Jamaica amongst the Chinese-Jamaicans."
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