Li Na, Asia’s first major singles tennis champion, talks exclusively to CNN Sport about her life as a mother and the new movie based on her life.

Li is one of China's best known athletes and became the first Asian tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament when she captured the French Open in 2011.

Li became the first Chinese player, man or woman, to win a Grand Slam singles title by beating defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (0) at Roland Garros on Saturday. The sixth ...

How Li Na became the first Nike-sponsored tennis player to wear patches on competitive apparel As her career became more competitive and amid negotiations with brands and the Chinese government ...

Li started out as a badminton player, adept at the national sport, but was identified as a tennis prospect at age 9. She later entered the national system.

Li Na, China’s first major singles tennis champion, will become the first player from Asia to be inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Li, the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian ...

Li Na, 37, became the first tennis player from Asia to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 2011 French Open. Brittainy Newman/The New York Times ...

“I did not really miss playing tennis, but I did miss the fighting competition,” Li, the first Asian player to win a grand slam, told CNN Sport. Over the past four years, the 36 year-old has ...

Li’s own desire for independence is a key theme in the highly-anticipated movie ‘Li Na.’ Directed by award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan, it has taken four years to be made and is ...

Li Na may be one of China’s most influential sports stars but at home she is just like most parents, regularly being brought back down to earth by one of her children. The now 37-year-old Li has ...