and 42 minutes against an opponent who had beaten her at the recent Sydney International event and went into Li Na benefiting from a punishing training regime ahead of the 2013 season . The Chinese tennis star has been working out at her Beijing home for two months and is now preparing to play in Melbourne on Sunday. Chinese star will play Maria Sharapova , who beat compatriot Ekaterina Makarova 6-2 6-2 . Russian second seed has lost just nine games -- a record -- on way to the last four .
Li Na benefiting from a punishing training regime ahead of the 2013 season . The Chinese tennis star has been working out at her Beijing home for two months and is now preparing to play in Melbourne on Sunday. Chinese star will play Maria Sharapova , who beat compatriot Ekaterina Makarova 6-2 6-2 . Russian second seed has lost just nine games -- a record -- on way to the last four .