China's Li Na stunned in Beijing opener

French Open champion Li Na was humiliated in front of home fans on Sunday, crashing out in the first round of the China Open in straight sets to unheralded Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu.Lis 6-4, 6-0 defeat was the second straight first round exit round for the 29-year-old, who made history as the first Asian to win a Grand Slam singles title in Paris in June.There was further disappointment for the Chinese fans as Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia ended the hopes of Zhang Shuai 6-0, 6-2 and Kaia Kanepi of Estonia defeated Zheng Saisai 6-0, 6-3.French eighth seed Marion Bartoli beat Czech Iveta Benesova 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 13th, put out qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5, 6-4, while Germanys Sabine Lisicki advanced into the second round as Romanias Irina-Camelia Begu was forced to retire after losing the first set 6-2.Former world number one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia defeated Japans Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-1, 6-1 and American qualifier Christina McHale put out Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-2, 0-6, 6-3.I really enjoy competing here and have so many memories. And I played quite well today, which Im very pleased with, said Ivanovic.