China's Li Na Retires From Tennis

Chinese tennis star Li Na, a two-time Grand Slam champion, has announced her retirement, citing "chronic injuries." Li won the French Open in 2011, becoming the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title. She won the Australian Open earlier this year but played sparingly after that due to a knee injury.  In a statement posted on social media Friday, the 32-year-old Li said: “After four knee surgeries and hundreds of shots injected into my knee weekly to...

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