Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova breezed past Aliaksandra Sasnovich to progress to the third round of this year’s tournament.
The 33-year-old dispatched Sasnovich in just 74 minutes to wrap up a comprehensive 6-2 6-2 win at SW19.
The Czech ninth seed who won the grass-court title in Berlin in the lead up to the Championships, took full advantage of error-strewn performance from Belarusian Sasnovich.
Elsewhere, former world number two Paula Badosa was forced to retire from her second-round match against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk with a back problem. It is the latest set back with a long standing back problem that also kept her out of the French Open.
Shortly after the match, the Spaniard confirmed she would not compete in the mixed doubles alongside partner Stefanos Tsitsipas.
American 25th seed Madison Keysalso progressed with a 7-5 6-3 win over Swiss player Viktorija Golubic.
