Pushing through the first round with no difficulty, Maria Sharapova was a winner at the 2011 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London today.

The former champion moved into the second round after beating fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze by a score of 6-2, 6-1.

With things going smoothly, Sharapova was broken only once in the second set while cruising to the match triumph in just over an hour.

The 24-year-old will not face off against either British wildcard Laura Robson or Germany’s Angelique Kerber in the next round of the annual tournament.