Li reaches French Open final

Li Na reached her second successive grand slam final with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Maria Sharapova at the French Open this afternoon.

The sixth seed, who lost to Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open, took advantage of Sharapova’s serving struggles to add the Russian to an impressive list of scalps in Paris, including Petra Kvitova and title favourite Victoria Azarenka.