Novak Djokovic brushed past France's Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-3 7-6(5) to book his place in the third round of Wimbledon.
The defending champion, aiming for his third consecutive title, played well within himself and was rarely troubled during the second-round match, played under the roof on Centre Court as rain halted play elsewhere.
Mannarino, ranked 55, put up spirited resistance in the third set to force a tiebreak but was ultimately swept away by the Serbian's laser-guided groundstrokes.
World No.1 Djokovic holds all four grand slam titles and has another historic mark in his sights.
The 29-year-old is aiming to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to achieve the calendar Grand Slam - winning the four majors in a single season.
"I think we were the only match on, fortunately I was scheduled on Centre Court and that helps," he said.
"The roof was closed and that atmosphere when the roof is closed is even more special. It gets loud and the crowd got into it. It was fun."
The win extended Djokovic's unbeaten run in slams to 30 matches, breaking the record of 29 held by Rod Laver, and he added: "I have to be very grateful to have the opportunity to make the history of the sport.
"Knowing that I won 30 in a row, it's very pleasing. I want to keep on going. Let's see where it takes me."
Marcus Willis' Wimbledon fairytale ended with defeat by Roger Federer in a party atmosphere on Centre Court.
Whatever happens for the rest of the tournament, it is tough to imagine there will be a better story than the club coach who took on probably the greatest player of all time.
Willis smiled throughout and was far from disgraced, showing the considerable talent that has flourished in such a magical way before going down 6-0 6-3 6-4.
"It is daunting," Willis told BBC2. "I was enjoying it out there. If I was playing well and competing with Roger for a couple of sets, I was doing well.
"I am disappointed to lose. I didn't play as well as I could but I can hold my head high. I have had a fantastic couple of weeks. I will keep going and do what I have been doing.
"There is life after Wimbledon and I want more experiences like this. I have earned myself a beer now."
Earlier, Tomas Berdych was glad to get his work done before the heavens opened at Wimbledon and shut down play on the outside courts.
The 10th-seeded Czech was close to securing victory over Ivan Dodig when rain started falling on Tuesday and, even though the conditions remained grim on Wednesday, he was able to slip in and finish the job in the nick of time.
Berdych beat Dodig 7-6 (7/5) 5-7 6-1 7-6 (7/2) to set-up a meeting with Benjamin Becker which, weather permitting, will be played on Thursday.
"The weather is always a challenge," he said. "But with all the years on the tour, you get used to it. So really it's just something where you just have to keep your focus.
"You don't have a day off after the day that you play the match or that you've been scheduled to play a match, but you have to stay focused.
"It was an up-and-down match but this was good timing. It's good to be done, especially when my opponent finished yesterday."
Austrian tyro Dominic Thiem defeated unseeded Florian Mayer at Wimbledon on Wednesday, dodging the showers to dispatch the veteran German 7-5 6-4 6-4 in just over 90 minutes of cut-and-thrust tennis.
Mixing his trademark power groundstrokes with dropshots and deft touches at the net, the 22-year-old No.8 seed broke his opponent once in each set in a first-round match that was twice interrupted by rain.
Milos Raonic and Jack Sock's games were also called off and there was disappointment for those out on court in the evening as the bad weather returned.
Dan Evans was one of those to head back to the locker room, 6-6 with Alexandr Dolgopolov on Court Two, while Grigor Dimitrov and Gilles Simon were just a game into their match.
Others to be left in limbo included the likes of John Isner, a set up on Marcos Baghdatis, Sam Querrey, who was ahead against Thomaz Bellucci, and David Ferrer, just starting against Nicolas Mahut.
