[3][4] Li first competed for Singapore at the age of 11, making her the country's youngest-ever table tennis player.

[2] She won a silver medal in the women's singles event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, losing to China's Gu Yuting in the final.

[3] Li won a silver medal in the women's individual event at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.

[1] Li again finished second in the women's team event at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games,[7] beating Hong Kong's Lee Ho Ching in the quarter finals.

[3] Due to her knee injury, Li did not compete for the rest of the 2015, and her next competitive tournament was the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.