Gutsy Chinese Li battles back to stay alive

MELBOURNE: A gutsy Li Na saved a match point as she battled back from a set down to beat Hungary's Agnes Szavay and book a place in the Australian Open third round yesterday.

The Chinese 16th seed is looking for a decent run in Melbourne to get her season off to a flying start and she dug deep to get back into the contest before moving up a gear to win 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

She said she had no focus in the first set but recovered her concentration to stay alive in the tournament.