Allez Na Li!

"You're as young as you feel," an old proverb says. 29 years old. In life you're young. In tennis you might get close by the end of your career. And isn't it too bad to end a long career, having been near the best players in the world and without winning your Grand Slam? Especially when your mind is of a 29-years-old player, but your hearts beats as the one of a 20-year-old.

Na Li, China. At the age of 6 she tries her chance in badminton. Strange thing: her coach tells her she is not good enough for badminton, but is very good for tennis. She follows his advice and becomes a tennis player. She ends her career in 2002. She studies at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. In 2004 she returns in the circuit. On the 4th June 2011 she becomes the first Grand Slam winner from Asia, on the red dusty Court Philippe Chatrier from Paris, everything after victories over two Grand Slam champions, Maria Sharapova in semifinals and none other than last year's Roland Garros winner, Francesca Schiavone.

The typical Oriental beauty and suavity against the Italian killer. Two completely different styles, a single goal. Contrariwise many people's expectations , Na Li was in control the whole match, maybe excepting like two or three games in the second set. In the second set tie-break, a categorical 7-0 from the Chinese. It's over. Na Li is on the ground, full of clay, with a huge smile on her face.

The finalist and the winner receive their trophies and China's National Anthem is played. That's right. Na Li, the little Asian girl, is the one making not only China, but the whole Asia proud.