Time from the jive talking, free wheeling, life altering experience where expectations are always high. But as far as those expectations being met. Ah, let's not get into that. It could get messy it's the sports on china drive.

The wicked forehanded one is moving on in Berlin. Yes, Olympic women's doubles champion Li "wicked forehand" Na showed off her game at the Open in Berlin.

The rising, no check that, shooting tennis star from China defeated Maria Kirilenko of Russia Monday in the rain-affected first round.

14th seeded Na, who was the 18th on the recently released WTA world rankings, worked hard to overcome possible comeback from the Russian, winning 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 at the German Open, a key clay court warm-up for the French Open.

In other first-round matches, 13th seed Shahar Peer of Israel beat German hope Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1, 6-2 and France's Severine Bremond was a 6-2, 6-1 winner over another German player, Sabine Lisicki.

The 1.34-million-dollar Berlin tournament will see Justine Henin as the top seed and world number three Amelie Mauresmo returning to action after an operation for appendicitis, while world number eight Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic has pulled out because of a wrist injury.