SYDNEY, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Defending champion Li Na earned a spot in the finals of the Apia International tennis tournament in Sydney with a three-set upset Thursday of Petra Kvitova.
Li, who beat Kim Clijsters in last year's Sydney title match, stopped Kvitova 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 by winning more than two-thirds of the points on serve after the first set.