Zheng Jie and Li Na First to Advance to Australian Open Quarter-finals — Hisense Arena Provides a 'Home Field Advantage'

MELBOURNE, Australia and QINGDAO, China, January 26 - Chinese tennis star, Zheng Jie, defeated Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine
by a score of 2-1, in the Hisense Arena to advance to the quarter-finals of
the Australian Open on Jan. 24. Also in the Hisense Arena, Li Na, China's top
female tennis player, beat the fourth seed Danish player, Caroline Wozniacki,
by a 6-4 and 6-3 margin to reach the quarter-finals today. This was the first
time that Chinese players occupied two of the top eight places in the
Australian Open. Zheng Jie and Li Na both achieved their record-breaking
results in the women's singles of the Australian Open.

After the competition on Jan. 24, Zheng Jie once smiled and said, "The
Australian Open arena is my lucky place. I once won the first of my two Grand
Slam titles in the women's doubles here, and now, I made the quarter-finals
in the women's singles. I think we can go further because you can see Li Na
is in the fourth round. I hope both Chinese players can be in the
semi-finals." Now Zheng Jie's prediction has come true and we believe that
the two will break a new record in the Australian Open.

As one of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the world, the Australian
Open attracts the world's best tennis players every year. Among the
Australian Open stadiums, Hisense Arena is the only one named after a
company. Hisense obtained a six year naming rights deal for the arena in
2008. The company reaps much reward in supporting this widely-popular sport.

Hisense is the model of Chinese brands. Therefore, Hisense Arena provides
Chinese players the "comforts of home," which perhaps gives them the "home
field advantage."

Jessie Ma, +86-532-8087-8539, mayuanyuan at hisense.com