Li Na isn't old but she's rich. Li Na busted loose at the Rod Laver Arena crowd scoring a 7-6 (3), 6-0 win over Dominika Cibulkova in the Australian Open title match Saturday. The third time was the charm for Li Na who lost two finals in the last three years. And to think, just seven months ago Li Na thought about retiring. Today Li is holding the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.

Li Na became the oldest women's champion on her third appearance at the Australian Open after beating Dominika Cibulkova. Li Na turns 32 next month. The oldest women's champion in Australia in the Open era proclaimed "I'm not old!" She explained "Yeah, start of tournament everybody talking about the age. I would like to say age is nothing. Still can win the Grand Slam. So pretty happy about my age. I got more experience on the court." 

Li Na lost Australian Open finals to Kim Clijsters in 2011 and to Victoria Azarenka in 2013. In 2011 she won the French Open.

Li Na told the crowd at Melbourne Park she wanted to thank her agent, Max, ''for making me rich.''

Last week Li twisted her ankle when she stumbled and needed a medical timeout in the third set.

It took Li Na 27 minutes to break the first tie in the second set with Cibulkova on Saturday night.

Li's fans chanting, ''Li Na, Let's Go,'' in Mandarin during the first set.

Li's Slovakian rival Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia is one of the shortest players ever to reach a Grand Slam final. Cibukkova had four wins over Top 20 players, including a Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska.

Li Na, who has four-times as many followers on her Chinese social networking site than there are people in Slovakia, told the crowd ''These were just fantastic two weeks of my life. 'Hello to everybody in Slovakia. This means a lot for our country and I'm happy I can be the one here for Slovakia.''

Talking about her coach, Li said ''Before the match he was telling me to relax, just think it's a match, don't think it's a final. 'When he was coaching me, he always say 'believe in yourself.' He always believed in me, I never believed in myself. That was my problem.''