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Radwańska falls short at Australian Open

28th January 2013
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The Polish tennis star lost to China's Li Na in the quarterfinals

Agnieszka Radwańska
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Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwańska's wait for a first-ever Grand Slam title continues, after she was beaten in two straight sets by China's Li Na in the Australian Open quarterfinals last week.
Radwańska began 2013 in masterful form, winning 13 straight matches and two titles - in Auckland and Sydney - prior to her defeat by the no. 6 seed.
The 2011 French Open champion re-found the form she had been lacking for the past 18 months, overcoming her Polish opponent 7-5 in a hard-fought first set before taking the second 6-3, to move Radwańska's Australian challenge for another year.
"I really don't know what it is here," said Ms Li, who has reached the Australian Open semifinals in three of the last four years.
"It seems whenever I come down here my results are always quite consistent, no big setbacks or anything. ·¦ With the Australian Open, it's like coming back and thinking, all my old friends are here," Ms Li added.
Ms Radwańska, whose best result in a Grand Slam was last year when she lost in the Wimbledon final, was gracious in defeat, saying of her opponent, "She was very solid from the beginning of the match."
"In some of the games she didn't let me do anything. She was really playing good tennis," she added.


David Ingham


From Warsaw Business Journal


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