Number two seed Andre Agassi cruised into the third round by crushing wildcard Jamie Delgado 6-2 6-4 6-3 at Wimbledon today.
Unlike compatriot and defending champion Pete Sampras, who was taken to five sets by Britain's Barry Cowan late yesterday evening, the execution took just 88 minutes with Agassi dominating from the start on Centre Court.
The American started the first set with an ace and was ruthlessly efficient, breaking Delgado in the sixth and eighth games to establish his supremacy.
In the second set, Delgado's serve crumbled in the 10th game against the 1992 Wimbledon champion. In the third set, he saved four match points at 5-2 but Agassi then swiftly despatched him.
Seventh seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov recovered from losing the first set to overcome British wildcard Arvind Parmar 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-1.
The Russian served two double faults and netted an easy backhand volley on Parmar's second set point to gift the world number 211 the first set tiebreak 7-5.
But Kafelnikov hit back by breaking his opponent in the seventh and ninth games of the second set to level.
Parmar, who saved a matchpoint in a five-set first round win over Andre Sa of Brazil, failed to convert three break points at 1-1 in the third set and from there Kafelnikov never looked back.
He plays either Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark or Guillermo Canas of Argentina for a place in the last 16.
- Reuters / AFP