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Li Na became the first Asia player to reach the No. 3 year-end ranking, but didn't have any energy left in the third set of her loss to Serena Williams.
While beaten Australian Open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens boasted on Twitter of eating at the same unspecified restaurant on every night of her stay in Melbourne.
Li blitzed Maria Sharapova in the semifinals, avenging three straight losses to the Russian and said she has never played so well before.
Li Na, who suffered an embarrassing defeat in the first round of the China Open's last year, says that she feels more at ease this time around.