Number two seed Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round at Wimbledon yesterday with an almost effortless 6-0 6-3 victory over France’s Severine Bremond.

Maria, who won Wimbledon at the age of 17 in 2004, never looked seriously troubled on a windswept Centre Court and earned a third-round tie against Japan’s Ai Sugiyama.

Sharapova said afterwards that her injured shoulder, which kept her out of action for two months earlier this season, was “holding up.” Asked if it would last the full two weeks of the tournament,” she said “I don’t know, we’ll see. I’ll tell you when I am done playing here.”

“I played a really solid first set and it was really hard with the conditions because the wind was swirling,” Sharapova said.