Han ready to embark on her WNBA journey

Han Xu, a 19-year-old center for China's national team, has realized her dream of being drafted by the WNBA, the world's premier women's professional basketball league.

After being selected by the New York Liberty in last week's WNBA draft, the 6-foot-9 Han said: "I had a dream of playing on better-to-best platforms when I started basketball training 10 years ago.

"I began to pay close attention to the WNBA when I was in high school, but I buried my dream in the bottom of my heart because the future was so uncertain at that time.