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Li Na on Time Magazine cover
Last Updated:2013-04-19 14:34 | Agencies
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Chinese tennis super star Li Na will grace the newly edition of the cover of TIME Magazine, which named her to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (Source: sports.qq.com)

 

Chinese tennis player Li Na , the first Asian woman to win a Grand Slam title, was named on Thursday among Time magazine's most influential people in the world, along with NBA player LeBron James and Italian soccer star Mario Balotelli.

The 2011 French Open champion appeared on the 2013 Time 100 list, the magazine's annual list of 100 global titans, leaders, artists, pioneers and icons, and was the only tennis player on the list.

The 31-year-old Chinese will also be featured on the cover of its international editions, becoming the second Chinese sports icon to enjoy the honor, after retired basketball legendYao Ming .

Li Na, "who may soon be the highest-paid female athlete in the world," won a total of 627 votes in Time's Web poll, leading with a large gap against her tennis counterparts Serena Williams and Andy Murray.

The world No 5 player won worldwide recognition after her Roland Garros victory and cemented her international fame as she demonstrated her spirit at the season-opening Australian Open loss with an ankle injury, missing a golden chance to double her Grand Slam titles.

Other sports figures among the final list were World Cup and Olympics champion alpine ski-racer Lindsey Vonn, who is Tiger Woods' current girlfriend, and CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) Travis Tygart, who heads the investigation of Lance Armstrong.

Bollywood actor and political activist Aamir Kahn will appear on the front of international editions with Li Na, while US rapper Jay-Z, Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Pakistani teenager Mulala Yousufzai and US Republican Sen Rand Paul will be featured on five different US covers.

Time said that for the first time it is issuing seven separate covers for its 100 Most Influential People edition, which will be published in the United States on Friday.

The list is not ranked, but Time managing editor Rick Stengel said the seven cover portraits "reflect the breadth and depth of the list."

US President Barack Obama got his eighth entry on the list, along with his wife Michelle, newly installed Pope Francis, British royal Kate Middleton, Democratic People's Republic of Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, and Philippines President Noynoy Aquino.

Jay-Z's wife Beyonce and Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun were also listed.

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