WTA stars try to learn Mandarin (VIDEO)

The WTA is in Beijing for this week's China Open and took the opportunity to teach some top players the native language.

Results varied from laughably bad to hilariously bad:

Marion Bartoli, she of the purported 175 IQ, acquits herself the best of any top player. The Frenchwoman seems like the kind of person who goes into an ethnic restaurant and orders in the specific language, no matter which cuisine she's having, sort of like me when I go to Taco Bell and put an accent on my "enchilada" order.