Li Na made into Top 30
Jul 06, 2006

Li Na of china stormed into the Top 30 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings. After some stunning results during the clay court season and a run to the third round at Birmingham, Li Na became the latest to raise the bar for her home country, reaching No.30 on this week's rankings.

She is having a spectacular last few months that has seen her reach her third career final (at Estoril), her first career Tier I semifinal (at Berlin) and notch her career-first Top 20 victories (over world No.15 Daniela Hantuchova at Doha and No.9 Patty Schnyder at Berlin), she has seen her ranking skyrocket back up to No.30.

This isn't the first Chinese milestone Li has been responsible for. In October of 2004, she became the first Tour singles titlist from her country, qualifying for and then capturing the new Tier III event in Guangzhou.