Fourth seed Elena Dementieva today needed just 59 minutes to book her place in the fourth round at Wimbledon by thrashing fellow Russian Regina Kulikova.
Dementieva raced through the opening set in 24 minutes and although debutant Kulikova improved slightly in the second, the Olympic champion easily secured a 6-1 6-2 victory on Court One.
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