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Third time's a charm for Li
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Li Na, right, holds the championship trophy with second placed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia after their women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Once again Li Na had the Rod Laver Arena crowd on its feet, roaring — this time with laughter. Her encore to a 7-6 (3), 6-0 win over Dominika Cibulkova in the Australian Open title match Saturday night made her even more popular at Melbourne Park, where she'd lost two finals in the previous three years. So she paid her supporters back with one of the best of her improv stand-up routines.