Quotable

"I felt Li Na sometimes couldn't control her emotion, and she is prone to mental collapse, so what is the reason? Because she didn't receive a good education at an early age."

SUN JINFANG, director of the National Tennis Management Center under the General Administration of Sport, responding to Li Na's unsteady performance as a player. Li was eliminated in the first round of the Olympic Games in London, but then won a championship and a second place in Women's Tennis Association tournaments, prompting speculation that she simply gave up during the Olympics because of a disagreement with Sun, who arranged for her to play doubles with an inexperienced player.