Seven-time champion Roger Federer and local hero Andy Murray both eased past their first-round opponents at Wimbledon Monday.

Federer claimed his 67th match at Wimbledon by breezing past Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in the first match on the Center Court.

The 31-year-old Federer, who came on court holding a 5-0 winning record against Hanescu, took only 69 minutes to finish off match. He landed 70 per cent of his first serves on target, and 90 per cent of them were winners.

"I pack my bags for five sets every single time, so I'm happy things went well today because we have seen surprise losses happen too often. I guess at the end of the day you would prefer to have it this way, walk away a winner instead of being out there five hours and losing in the first round," said Federer.

Murray, who lost to Federer in last year's final, met little trouble to defeat Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

"It was a good start," Murray said. "I put a lot of pressure on myself. I expect a lot of myself."

Big-serving Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, the sixth seed, unleashed 18 aces to beat David Goffin of Belgium 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3.

In the women's events, second seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat Maria Joao Koehler of Portugal 6-1, 6-2 and third seed Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-6 (5), 6-3.

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