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Li calls Time cover 'pretty cool'

"I was so excited,” Li says of seeing herself on cover of TIME.

ByMatt Cronin

Published Apr 22, 2013

Li Na says that she was thrilled when she found out that she was on the cover of the TIME 100 list. Li was one of seven covers for theTIME magazine issue that highlights the one hundred most influential people in the world.

"I was so excited,” Li told reporters in Stuttgart. “At first I thought 'Who's that? I know that girl.' It is pretty cool."