Li loving life despite weight of expectations

China's Li Na is loving her tennis life, despite elevated expectations and an inevitable smattering of naysayers who still think her two Grand Slam titles are a fluke.

"Of course I always hear a lot," the world No 2 said on Monday after booking her fourth-round berth at the Indian Wells hard-court tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Czech Karolina Pliskova.

"So many people say 'Oh, she's lucky'. After I won the French, after I won in Australia, they say 'Oh, she's lucky, she cannot win anymore, blah, blah, blah.