Petra Kvitova Advances to Wimbledon Third Round With Ease

Defending champion Petra Kvitova reached the Wimbledon third round on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Japan's Kurumi Nara in a Court One little-and-large tussle. (Is Nick Kyrgios the modern-day McEnroe?)

Second seed Kvitova will face either Serbian 26th seed Jelena Jankovic or Russia's Evgeniya Rodina for a place in the last 16. (Roger Federer through to third round)

The Czech fired 10 aces and 23 winners in her 58-minute win over the world number 57. (Mahesh Bhupathi out in first round)

In the first round, she dropped just one game against Kiki Bertens, winning in 35 minutes.

"It was a good match from my side. I was really expecting a tough match because I saw a little bit when she played Venus Williams here last year," said 1.82-metre (six feet) tall Kvitova, who towered over the 1.55-metre (five feet, one inch) tall Nara, the smallest player in the world top 100.

"I was really prepared and I'm really happy with how I played today, how I managed to win."