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China's top tennis player Li Na wasfocused on the job in hand after defeating Angelique Kerber in thelast 16 of the Madrid Open tournament on Wednesday. Li's win over the player who had beaten her in Indian Wells earlierin the season sets up a quarterfinal tie against number one seedVictoria Azarenka or Ana Ivanovic, who meet later in the day. "I know the way she (Kerber) plays and I lost easily to her at thestart of the year in Indian Wells, so I really didn't want to losetwice in a row," explained Li after her 7-5, 6-4 win. "In IndianWells, I was always looking to hit a winning shot, but today I waspatient and I tried to make her make mistakes," she explained. The 30-year-old, who is the number eight seed in Madrid, will moveto Rome and then Paris, where she will defend her French Opentitle. She insisted she was focused on winning in Madrid andrelaxed about what may happen in Paris. "I still have another tournament before France, (Rome) but now I amenjoying Madrid and playing well here. When I go to Paris again, Iwant to go and enjoy it on court without any pressure." "A lot of people say 'the French Open is coming soon, you aredefending Champion and you should have a lot of pressure,' but I amnot young any more: this is true, I don't know how much longer Ican keep on playing, so I just want to enjoy it," she commented. Li also gave an indication of her humility in her attitude totennis and life in general, although she admitted that the secondhalf of last season had been complicated. "I am still Li Na, I am still from China, nothing has changed and Iam nothing special," she said. "Last year after winning the French Open, I didn't do well and Ilost focus on court and I was not enjoying playing. So at the endof the year, I stayed in Munich for six weeks, just training andtrying to get back on court and it's not bad, because I think I amdoing well at the start of this year," she explained, brushingaside the fact that she was recently rated as fifth on ForbesChinese celebrity list. "I always think that being number five (in the Forbes list), isfrom outside, it is something that the fans and sponsors have maybegiven to me, but for me I am still a tennis player, so my job is toplay good tennis on the court." "I never try to be a hero for the country. Tennis is my job and Itry to do well in my job. I don't know why many people think she isspecial. I am just a normal person, I am just an athlete," said Li. I am an expert from ethernet-serialconverter.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Fiber to Serial Converter Manufacturer , USB Cable Converters Manufacturer, USB Cable Converters,and more.
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