2003 was a relatively poor year for Liu as a singles player until December, when she reached the quarterfinal of a $50k tournament at Shenzhen with a clean run of five straight sets wins in qualifying and the main draw, only to cede victory to Zheng Jie by default.
2003 was a difficult year for Liu as a singles player until December, when she reached the quarterfinal of a $50k tournament at Shenzhen after winning five consecutive sets in both qualifying and the main draw.