ISTANBUL: Li Na clinched her second win at the season-ending WTA Championships on Thursday, a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Jelena Jankovic putting her on the verge of the semi-finals.
Li is already the first singles player from China to have won a Grand Slam title and the first to have reached the world's top five.
Now she is within touching distance of becoming the first to qualify for the semi-finals in the tour's flagship tournament.
It was an excitingly unpredictable contest, with Li having three points for a 4-2 second set lead, before losing five games in a row and a great deal of momentum.
She then also let slip a break of serve at 3-1 in the final set to be pegged back to 3-3.
However, she was often the more forceful player off the ground, and her success now means that if
other results go right Li may qualify irrespective of the outcome of her last group match on Friday.
That will be a repeat of the Australian Open final against Victoria Azarenka. (AFP)
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