Chinese tennis legend Li Na will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Li is the first Asian player 【小题1】(receive) the sport's ultimate honor. She was joined by Mary Pierce and Yevgeny Kafelnikov for the hall’s Class of 2019, which 【小题2】(announce) at the Australian Open last month. Li retired in 2014 because 【小题3】 recurring knee injuries, eight months after winning that year's Australian Open and 【小题4】(rise) to a career-high second in the WTA ranking. Her 【小题5】(one) Grand Slam trophy came at the 2011 French Open, 【小题6】she defeated four top-10 opponents along the way. Those on-court achievements, along with L’s charming 【小题7】(personal), helped promote interest in tennis at home in China.

“I have loved seeing the sport grow in China," Li said in 【小题8】statement, ” and I'm proud of 【小题9】(be) part of that history.” The formal induction ceremony will be held 【小题10】 July 20th in Rhode Island.

Chinese teenage sensation(引起轰动的人) Quan Hongchan produced three perfect 10-point dives and won the Olympic women’s 10 meters platform gold medal on Thursday. Her performance illustrated China’s 【小题1】 (strong) in the sport.

China 【小题2】 (claim) gold in all of the women’s diving events since the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Quan, 14 years old, is the 【小题3】 (young) Chinese athlete in Tokyo. She admitted that she didn’t expect to win, as the Tokyo Olympics is her first time to compete overseas.

Quan made 【小题4】 (limit) splashes(飞溅) when diving into the pool. As 【小题5】 result, she made three perfect 10-point dives. When asked how she managed to do it, she said the team director just asked her to sleep early before the test.   “My parents told me not to be nervous. 【小题6】 doesn’t matter whether I get a medal or not. Just be myself. Those words really helped me,” Quan added, saying she planned to eat latiao, a popular Chinese street snack, to celebrate the win.

Thursday’s result means Quan became the second youngest woman 【小题7】 (win) a gold medal in the women’s 10 meters platform. Her predecessor(前辈) Fu Mingxia gained success 【小题8】 the age of 13 at the Barcelona Games in 1992. Her performance was met with cheers from onlookers(观众), 【小题9】 (include) Shi Tingmao and Xie Siyi. They are athletes 【小题10】 won their own diving golds in Tokyo.

Basketball hero Kobe Bryant's death has drawn an outpouring of shock and sadness across China. Basketball fans in China are now sad after learning that the former Los Angeles Lakers' 18-time NBA All Star had died at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash 【小题1】 Sunday in California. Bryant was among nine people on board, 【小题2】 (include) his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who all died in the disaster【小题3】 occurred in the heavy fog.