Future stars emerge from Youth Olympics

Hopeful Chinese tennis star after Li Na

Chinese tennis player Xu Shilin won the YOG women's tennis singles champion. [qq.com]

Chinese tennis player Xu Shilin won the YOG women's tennis singles champion at the age of 16. She's the favorite candidate to take the place of Li Na, who is China's No. 1 tennis player with two Grand Slam titles from the French and Australia Opens.

Li, who is already 33 years old, along with a couple of other women players, who are named "golden flowers" in China, have been strangled in declining in their career.

Xu, who has six-year training in the United States, followed up to take the professional tennis void when the "golden flowers" come close to their retirement. Xu lost only one set on her way to reach the top podium and has her young group ranking lifted to fourth, the highest ever for a Chinese. Xu reached the quarterfinal at the Wimbledon Open young group.