Mauresmo cruises into last eight

Amelie Mauresmo barely worked up a sweat as she crushed Nicole Vaidisova 6-1 6-1 in the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

The third seed was in deadly form from the opening serve and easily dispatched of her 16-year-old opponent in less than an hour.

Mauresmo produced just one unforced error to the Czech teenager’s 34 as she booked her place in the quarter-finals.

The Frenchwoman signalled her intentions early on by breaking Vaidisova’s opening service game and then racing away with the set in just 23 minutes.

The second set began in similar fashion with Mauresmo holding her serve with ease.

Vaidisova’s inexperience soon became evident as Mauresmo had no trouble continuing to break her service games and rushing to a 5-0 lead.

The Czech youngster then finally found some form as she managed to hold her first service game since the start of the opening set but Mauresmo wrapped things up in the next game to set up a clash with either Patty Schnyder or Anastasia Myskina.