GOLD COAST, Australia - China's Li Na completed a successful comeback from injury Saturday, beating Victoria Azarenka here in the final of the Australian Women's Hardcourt tennis championships.

Li Na of China holds the winner's trophy after her final game against Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Women's Hardcourt Championships on the Gold Coast, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Li went on to win the match 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. [Agencies]Li, China's highest-ranked player, lost the first set to the 18-year-old Belarusian before gradually asserting control and eventually winning 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

It was Li's second WTA title since she joined the main tour in 2000, adding to the tournament she won in Guangzhou in southern China in 2004.

Li had a good start to 2007, making the quarterfinals or better five times in 13 events in the first half of the year. But a stress fracture of her right rib forced her off the tour for the rest of 2007.

She said she never doubted she would return to the court despite the lengthy layoff, saying she knew she would recover because she was a "strong woman".

And the 25-year-old joked that she was destined to win the first tournament of her comeback.

"Maybe the gods said 'right this girl has rested for four months, maybe she didn't get any prize money', so this tournament has given me that prize money."

Li beat three seeded players on her way to the final, including world No 12 Nicole Vaidisova and two-time champion Patty Schnyder, she seems to be making a timely return to form ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

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