Tennis: China's Li into Australian Open second round | Inquirer Sports

Tennis: China’s Li into Australian Open second round

/ 10:23 AM January 14, 2013

China’s Li Na hits a return against Kazakhstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva during their women’s singles first round match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 14, 2013. AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA

MELBOURNE – China’s world number six Li Na overpowered Sesil Karatantcheva of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-3 to reach the Australian Open’s second round on Monday.

Li, the runner-up two years ago at Melbourne Park, broke early in each set as she went through in 1hr 18min to set up a match with Pauline Parmentier or Olga Govorstova.

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