Australian Open 2011: China's Li Na Becomes The First Asian Woman to Reach Any Grand Slam Final

Melbourne, Australia - Chinese tennis star, Li Na created history by becoming the first Asian woman to reach any Grand Slam final. Li Na defies the world number one Caroline Wozniacki 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the Australian Open semis on Thursday. After losing first set quite easily Li Na came into the match in the real sense when she saved a match point in the second set and shattered Wozniacki's dreams of winning a maiden major title.

The 20-year-old Wozniacki had gone into the tournament having to fend off accusations that she wasn't a deserving world number one because she is yet to win a Grand Slam.

For the first set-and-a-half, as she systematically picked apart Li's game and broke down the Chinese player's fierce forehand, Wozniacki looked every bit the world's best player

But just when Li looked down and out, she cut down her error rate and began to find her range with her groundstrokes, scrapping her way back into the match.

The 28-year-old from Wuhan overwhelmed a tiring Wozniacki in the third set to set up a final against either Kim Clijsters or Vera Zvonareva.