Li revived some of her brutal game in the seventh game, saving three set points before holding her first serve of the match, 5-2.

To the noisy home audience, Li seemed to go back on track by breaking in the next game and going on to pull with at 5-4.

However, Niculescu's confidence seemed unchanged in the tenth game and finally tasted the first drop of blood after Li's forehand return hit into the net, 6-4.

Having come into the tournament as a Grand Slam winner for first time, Li has been given much expectations or what she described are more like burdens of becoming the first Chinese to lift trophy on home soil in the eighth year of the tournament.

The Chinese trailblazer never found her way out against the 58th ranked rival in the remaining part of the match, which only cost one hour and 21minutes.

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