It is the second time Li Na was nominated for the award in Laureus, an Oscar-like ceremony after she became a candidate in 2012.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic to play China No.1 Li Na in a charity show game to open the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on Friday night when each single ace shot from Li will earn 37,819 yuan for charity.
A charity match between world No 1 Novak Djokovic and China's world No 5 Li Na will be held on Friday at 7:30 pm on Diamond Court.
China's first Grand Slam champion Li Na will play Novak Djokovic of Serbia in a "battle of the sexes" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the China Open.
Chinese tennis player and Grand Slam winner Li Na poses with her wax figure at the unveiling at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Wuhan, Central China, Sept 12, 2013.
A disappointed Li Na admitted to an attack of stage fright in her humbling US Open semifinal loss to Serena Williams and said she would have lost to any opponent she faced on Friday.
World number six Li Na of China failed to advance to her second Grand Slam final in the season after losing to No 1 seed Serena Williams of the United States 6-0, 6-3 in the US Open here on Friday.
China's top women tennis player Li Na is to play against the world No 1 man Novak Djokovic of Serbia in a battle of sexes in Beijing on September 27, organizers said here on Friday.
The fifth seed Li Na was awarded 2013 "US Open Sportsmanship Award," presented annually to the male and female pros who best demonstrate excellence in sportsmanship throughout the Emirates Airline US Open Series and the US Open.
Li Na became China's first player to reach the US Open semifinals, another breakthrough on the court for the woman who delivered Asia's first Grand Slam singles title at the 2011 French Open.
Lifelong friends Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta, along with Daniela Hantuchova, reached the US Open quarterfinals on Monday to ensure five women over the age of 30 will be in the last eight.
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