After training for four hours a day, six days a week the 27-year-old finally reaped the rewards.

Though three Chinese pairs have tasted grand slam doubles glory before, she is the first to do it in singles.

All the cards came crashing down this Sunday night for Porto as they fell 3-0 to a Benfica side that won their second consecutive Carlsberg Cup in the Algarve.

Strong commercial income helped Real Madrid to claim top spot again, with overall revenues of €292.2m

This year she is in Xiamen Marathon in London after the end of the title.