Just as 1 1 year-old Li Na was on the right track step by step, Li was admitted to the hospital because of congenital vascular stenosis. In order to let Li Na concentrate on practicing the ball, Li specially wrote a letter and asked someone to bring it to Xia. "Director Xia, because I am in poor health, I have been hospitalized for 2 months ... Li Na should be just your big girl, and I should be educated in the wrong place ... I only hope to realize my unfulfilled wish on her. Children will please you! " A few words summed up Li Wangnv's feelings of becoming a phoenix.

Under the leadership of coach Xia, Li Na completed her primary school studies. After graduating from primary school, Li Na joined the 1996 Hubei Team and got to know another "noble person" in her career-coach Yu Liqiao. It was in this year that Li died of illness. After losing her father in childhood, Li Na seems to have matured overnight. Under the guidance of Yu Liqiao, Li Na trained harder on the court. The year after her father died, she won the national tennis final, which was her first national champion. Since then, Li Na has basically had news of victory every year to comfort her father.

1997 15-year-old Li Na went to the United States for training for seven months. After returning from the United States, Li Na began her journey of conquest. From 65438 to 0999, Li Na entered the national team. In 2000, she won the WTA (International Women's Professional Network Association) Tour women's doubles championship with Li Ting. At the 200 1 Universiade, Li Na won the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.