She partnered Li Ju to victory in Sydney four years ago, while Zhang, 22, the world singles number one, was making her Olympic debut.
Ms Li said she had resorted to keeping a basin of water in the house in the hope it might act as an air purifier.
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In the tiebreak, Williams was struggling until nerves got the better of Li as she made a series of unforced errors and the top seed took advantage to close it out with a second-service ace after 58 minutes.
In the women's draw, Li Na ensured she will return to the top 10 of the world rankings by coming back from 5-1 down in the final set to beat Lucie Safarova 3-6 6-3 7-5.
When she first injured her ankle, Li was trailing 3-1 in the second set.
Li tells us that she removed her iPad when she approached the TSA guards to ask where it fell on their laptop to non-laptop spectrum.
She'll face 2011 finalist Li Na in the final Saturday night.
From the outset, the crowd at Rod Laver Arena was firmly behind Li, cheering loudly when she was introduced.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki will face either Clijsters or Li in the quarterfinals if she can get the better of Serbia's former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic .
She was grateful for the freedom, but Li also made financial gains.
By the time Ms. Li was in her early teens she had a cellphone and was texting daily, and used a PC at her school for several courses.
She visits at least twice a year with Li and is involved in recruiting top administrators such as Peihua Gu, a 16-year University of Calgary engineering scholar who is academic vice president.
Though play resumed, and Li continued to amass winners she made 36 during the match, double Azarenka's 18 it was the latter who raced to match point, sealing it as a forehand from Li sailed past the base line.
Though play resumed, and Ms. Li continued to amass winners she made 36 during the match, double Ms. Azarenka's 18 it was the latter who raced to match point, sealing it as a forehand from Ms. Li sailed past the base line.
"You need us to be strong and brave, " Jing Li said of her roommate, killed as she watched the marathon a week ago.
She'll be teaming up with fellow Singaporean actor Li Nan Xing to film The Unbeatables 2, a sequel to the high-rated gambling television series.
Still awaited is Hollywood's very own version of the Chinese actress Gong Li, now so famous in East Asia that she is endorsing products.
The dramaturgy is crudely repetitive: as Hatsumomo, Gong Li is required to throw so many hissy fits that she seems less a geisha than a Mean Girl.
In the first point back, Li injured the same ankle and hit her head as she fell, silencing the Rod Laver Arena crowd, which wondered whether it would witness what would have been just the second retirement in a Grand Slam women's final since 1968.
In the first point back, Ms. Li injured the same ankle and hit her head as she fell, silencing the Rod Laver Arena crowd, which wondered whether it would witness what would have been just the second retirement in a Grand Slam women's final since 1968.
Li won a WTA tournament in China before traveling to Australia, where she advanced to the semifinals at the Sydney International.
Li will have a chance to avenge that loss this year, which she has started in stunning fashion, demolishing second seed Maria Sharapova a player she has struggled against 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday.
Former French Open winner Li Na overcame Chinese compatriot Zheng Jie 6-3 6-1 as she bounced back from her first-round defeat in Madrid, while there were also victories for Samantha Stosur, Maria Kirilenko and home favorite Roberta Vinci.
Li had won their previous clash in the semifinals of the Australian Open, but she was broken twice in each set as she slipped to defeat.
MELBOURNE, Australia On Saturday, 30 year-old Li Na will have the opportunity to rewrite history as the oldest Australian Open champion if she can defeat world No. 1 and defending champion Victoria Azarenka.
Sixth seed Venus had more trouble in her fourth-round match, and the American dropped the first set to Italian Francesca Schiavone before she recovered to claim a 3-6 6-2 6-1 victory and will face Li.
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