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For sure I will miss her so much, and it's going to be sad a little bit, I think. She's leaving us. She helped so much in the tennis world, in China also. Just pleased for her great career, and she can really be very proud of herself."

Petra Kvitova, who captured the Wuhan Open women's tennis title on Saturday, speaking at a news conference on Sunday for the ongoing China Open about Li Na, the Chinese icon who announced her retirement about a week ago, Xinhua News Agency reported. Kvitova added that it's weird to play at the tournament without Li.