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revenge for her first-round defeat to Su-Wei Hsieh (below) in Paris by thrashing the Taiwanese in only 64 minutes.

Top seed Murray, who reported no problems with his dodgy hip, said: “I felt good. I moved well. For a first match, considering how I was feeling five, six days ago, it was really positive.

“I feel a lot more comfortable on the grass courts. I love playing on Centre Court, feel really comfortable out there. So that definitely helps.”

His opponent Bublik reported he saw no problems with the movement of the defending champion.

“He wasn’t struggling – he was playing good, he was running down everything at the net,” said the world No.134.

“He was very fast. I had a dive volley, the first time I’ve ever done it and he reached it. I was like, ‘Can you please lose one point?’.”

Konta showed no signs of the back injury which forced her out of Eastbourne last week as she overpowered the former doubles No.1.

She said: “I felt absolutely fine. I’m not feeling any pain.”