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Li Na won her fourth career WTA title Friday, overcoming a 5-0 deficit in the first set to beat third-seeded Kim Clijsters 7-6 (3), 6-3 at the Sydney International.
Clijsters jumped out to an early lead, but the Belgian collapsed in the opening set and played poorly in the second set. Clijsters had won 27 of her previous 30 matches, collecting a third U.S. Open title and the 2010 year-end championship.
Clijsters' three defeats since Wimbledon last July all had come at the hands of Vera Zvonareva, the Russian whom Clijsters would have displaced as the second-ranked player with a victory over Li.
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