Li Na, Petra Kvitova to play in Hopman Cup

Perth: French Open champion Li Na and Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova will contest the mixed-teams Hopman Cup tennis event in January as part of the lead-up to the Australian Open.Li will partner 19-year-old Wu Di for China, while Kvitova will join ninth-ranked Tomas Berdych for the Czech Republic at the Dec. 31-Jan. 7 event.

The fifth-ranked Li, who was also runner-up at this year`s Australian Open, became the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros.Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, whose world ranking has slipped to No. 165, will link up with No. 30 Jarmila Gajdosova for Australia. Bureau Report