Amelie Mauresmo, the Wimbledon champion, easily defeated the ragged challenge of young American Jamea Jackson, taking just three minutes more than an hour to win their first round clash 6-1 6-3 on Centre Court.
Mauresmo, stepping back as only number four seed after a patchy year, produced a mixture of clinical and creative shots to break up the ambitions of her plucky but totally outclassed rival.
Jackson, a semi-final winner at Birmingham last year against Maria Sharapova, looked ruggedly determined at the start and mounted a brave fightback at the end after the threat of a total whitewash but Mauresmo's class soon had her in trouble.
Mauresmo, who had an appendix operation in March, showed no signs of a thigh injury which has also been bothering her and even though Jackson finally held her serve to win the sixth game, the champion wrapped up the opener with her fourth love game in just 26 minutes.
The second set took just a little longer, with two challenges through the Hawk-Eye technology but Mauresmo managed to even win both of those.
The champion had everything pretty much her own way despite the 20-year-old fighting gamely to win three games after being restricted to just 12 points in the opener.
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