Confident Li Na advances to Wimbledon's 3rd round

Li Na of China hits a return to Paula Kania of Poland in their women's singles tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London, June 23, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

Second-seeded Li and Meusburger played their match on Court 2 on Wednesday. Defending men's champion Andy Murray was on Court 1 and five-time former champion Venus Williams was on Court 3, leading to rumblings that those quality players should have played on Center Court.

Li, who played the first match Wednesday on her court, wasn't about to complain.

"Doesn't matter, I love to be the first match," she said. "You don't have to wait."

And then came the inevitable questions about her husband, Jiang Shan, who was her coach and often verbal sparring partner until Justine Henin's former coach Carlos Rodriquez took over in October 2012. Li often quipped that hiring Rodriguez saved her marriage.

She also joked during courtside interviews at the Australian Open several years ago that Jiang snored so much they used to have separate hotel rooms on the road.

"The funny thing is, I think two years ago in China, someone said I was divorced," Li said in Melbourne last year. "Because they were thinking, we're always shouting, maybe we're divorced. It's just being coach and husband is - how you say - tough to find a balance!"

That balance is coming, Li said Wednesday. "Yeah, much, much easier," Li said. "The husband as the coach is very tough."

And an update on the snoring? "Getting better," she said, smiling.

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