Rafa Nadal continued his imperious run of form as he swept aside American Donald Young 6-4 6-2 7-5 in the Wimbledon second round on Wednesday.
The two-times champion was rarely troubled by an opponent ranked 43rd in the world who chose to slug it out from the back of the court against the supreme Spanish baseliner.
Fourth seed Nadal, fresh from winning his 10th French Open title last month, was roared on by the crowd and he seemed to be able to produce winners at will with his swashbuckling forehand.
Young, 27, sought to mix up his play in the third set by rushing the net and he broke his 31-year-old opponent's serve. But in the end there was nothing he could do to prevent the Nadal juggernaut rolling on.
Defending champion Andy Murray outclassed German maverick Dustin Brown 6-3 6-2 6-2 in an entertaining match of exhibition style shots on Wednesday to maintain his record of always having reached at least round three at the torunament.
Brown, ranked 97th in the world, was a potentially tricky opponent having beaten twice champion Rafa Nadal in the second round in 2015.
Despite being moved around the court by a barrage of drop shots and lobs from Brown, world number one Murray only rarely showed signs of the sore hip that had been troubling him and he gave as good as he got - but with more accuracy and control.
The top seed's win was greeted by huge cheers from the home crowd who are hoping to see the 30-year-old twice champion become the first British player to retain a grand slam title since Fred Perry in the 1930s.
Stan Wawrinka's conqueror Daniil Medvedev kept himself in the spotlight but this time it was for the wrong reasons after he threw money at an umpire's chair.
The Russian created one of the stories of the opening day when he slayed three-time grand slam champion Wawrinka on Centre Court.
But he could not follow it up in the way he would have wanted as he was beaten in five sets on Court 16 by Belgium's Ruben Bemelmans.
Medvedev lost 6-4 6-2 3-6 2-6 6-3, but had been 2-0 up in the deciding set before letting it slip to trail 5-2 after he became angry at the decisions of umpire Mariana Alves.
Alves docked him a point, with the Russian asking for her to be removed from her position - a request which was denied by the match supervisor.
After Bemelmans wrapped up the win, Medvedev gave the umpire a cursory handshake before taking coins out of his wallet and throwing them at the foot of Alves' chair.
Marin Cilic survived a difficult start to seal a spot in the next round after battling to a 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5 victory over German Florian Mayer in unrelenting heat on Court Two.
It looked as though the beaming sunlight was impeding the 6ft 6ins (1.98m) seventh seed as his trusted serve immediately deserted him.
Mayer, ranked 114th in the world and without a victory over a top-10 player in 12 grand slam matches, broke in the first game of the match, before having the opportunity to serve for the first set.
However, Cilic broke back, and found his high-powered service game at the pivotal moment, hammering three aces to help edge the first-set tiebreak.
The 2014 U.S. Open champion, who came into Wimbledon in good form having reached the final at Queens Club, fired four big winners to break in the ninth game of the second set before serving out the set.
Mayer did not give up without a fight, however, as he again broke the Cilic serve to lead 5-3 in the third, only to again flounder at the crucial moment, with Cilic storming back to win five games in a row and clinch victory with a trademark ace.
The Croatian will next face American Steve Johnson or Moldovan Radu Albot.
