ANDY MURRAY has served up some sizeable Wimbledon wins over the years.

His big break against Radek Stepanek in 2005. That devastating dismissal of Andy Roddick in 2006. Battling back from the brink against Richard Gasquet in 2008. Nearly taking the roof off against Stanislas Wawrinka in 2009.

Not to mention the daddy of them all, when he defeated Novak Djokovic on July 7 last year to consign 77 years of All-England Club history to the dustbin.

But in terms of sheer scale, what the Scot achieved on Court No.1 yesterday had the measure of all of them.

At one hour 24 minutes, his 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 victory against Blaz Rola, the World No.92 from Slovenia, was both his quickest success at SW19 and his widest margin of victory, outstripping a 2012 win against Nikolay Davydenko in which he surrendered all of six games.

The Scot's innings was over so quickly that Geoff Boycott, a visitor to the All England club yesterday, must have been horrified.

Poor Rola was simply steamrollered. The 23-year-old from the Slovenian town of Ptuj, an NCAA champion in both singles and doubles as he served a tennis scholarship at Ohio State, had gone into the match speaking of "pooping his pants" at the prospect of playing the defending champion on one of the great courts of world tennis.

This was a daunting task all right for a man who has won just five tour level matches in his entire life, only one of which was on grass.

Ultimately, the occasion did prove too big for the big man, but that was mainly because he encountered Murray near the height of his powers. The 6ft 4in left-hander was kept at arm's length.

All the contenders for this crown - home based or not - must endure playing on Wimbledon's secondary arena at some point during the tournament.

This custom allows the All-England Club to claim even-handedness in scheduling, not to mention keeping prices high for hospitality and corporate sponsorship on Court No.1, a venue which will have a brand new roof by 2019.

The Duchess of Cornwall had clearly decided it was the place to be, dashing over from her seat in the Royal Box just in time to give her seal of approval.

But if she was looking for drama, this was a big let down. From his opening service game of the match, where unforced Rola errors conspired to allow Murray to break to 15, it was clear this was to be a giant mismatch.

Rola was receiving such sympathy from the crowd that he was in danger of finding it all a tad patronising.

Applause rippled around Court No.1 when a rare wasteful game from Murray avoided a second-set bagel, but there was no such luck in the third, by which time the Slovenian was utterly bereft of effective tactics.

The final game displayed that precious variety to the Scot's game - drop shots, lob volleys, disguised passes - to the full, the suggestion being that the Mauresmo era may place more of an emphasis on instinct rather than percentages. "Obviously that was something that Amelie did very well," Murray said.

He marked his moment of victory by throwing his sweatbands to the crowd, one whistling narrowly past the ear of the Duchess. He had hardly been on court long enough to need them.