Andy Murray cruised into the third round of the men’s singles with a straight sets victory over Argentina’s Juan Monaco.
Murray was in no mood to hang around on centre court in the midday heat, securing a 6-3, 6-1 win in just 69 minutes.
Monaco, ranked 107 in the world, provided little threat to the defending champion, with a break in the fifth game of the opening set the only dent in Murray’s serve.
The 29-year old from Dunblane hit immediately back to restore a two-game advantage and raced through the third set in less than 30 minutes.
And Murray admitted he could have no complaints with his performance on the day, coming just two days after a crushing opening round loss in the doubles with brother Jamie.
“I played pretty well. I hit the ball well from the back of the court,” said the two-time Wimbledon champion. “I didn’t make many unforced errors and it was a good match.
“I didn’t use the doubles defeat as fuel. It made things harder if anything. It was a tough loss obviously and the way the match went was really tough so you’ve got to take it, move on and try your best the next day to win your matches and that’s it.
“I’ve played a lot of tennis. It’s been really hard to prepare here after the French and Wimbledon. I haven’t played a match on a hard court for five months so playing two matches every day is not easy on this surface and in these conditions.”
Jamie Murray will play in tomorrow's mixed doubles event with Jo Konta while Andy and 2016 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Heather Watson are waiting in the wings, should there be any withdrawals from the 16-team draw. And the Brit, who won silver with Laura Robson in London 2012 mixed doubles, insisted both pairs hold genuine medal chances.
“The plan was always for Jamie to play mixed with Jo and that was it,” said Murray. “Jamie is a way more experienced doubles player than me and Jo is obviously playing well too.
“I think they have a good chance of winning a medal and there’s an outside shot that me and Heather could potentially get in as well.”