French Open winner Li Na lost her fourth-round match at the Australian Open to Kim Clijsters in three sets Sunday and ended up crying in her postmatch press conference.
Li was up 5-4 in the second set and failed to serve out the match. She also was up 6-2 in the tiebreaker and blew that lead, surrendering six straight points. She then fell behind 5-1 in the third but rallied back to make it 5-4 before losing the match. Li was probably disappointed that she lost relatively early in the tournament, and that she blew several match points.
When pressed about the loss after the match and asked if she cried, Li broke down. She had to leave the conference early because of the questions.
Hey, don’t judge her too harshly. Do you have a country of 1.2 billion people disappointed in you?
