Awesome Nadal powers past Austrian challenge

SECOND seed Rafael Nadal made predictably swift progress at Wimbledon yesterday, sweeping aside the challenge of Austrian veteran Werner Eschauer.

Three-time French Open champion Nadal was not expected to be threatened by the 33-year-old, who recently rose to a career-high ranking of 72.

And so it proved as Nadal wrapped up a 6-2 6-4 6-1 victory in one hour and 36 minutes on Centre Court to move into the third round.