He finished so quickly that he had time to go and check on big rival Andy Roddick's match with fellow American and 26th seed Taylor Dent.

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Hewitt is likely to be tested yet further in the third round where he faces big-serving Taylor Dent, who beat Nicolas Almagro 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5.

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Hewitt, the 22nd seed, won through by beating American Daniel Young 7-6 6-4 6-1, while 10th seed Tsonga only needed three sets to beat Taylor Dent 6-4 6-3 6-3.

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Nadal, the tournament's last second seed to lose his opening match in 2006, had no such problems this time as he beat another U.S. player, Taylor Dent, 6-4 6-3.

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The Spaniard was the only seed to fall in the first round, while Taylor Dent, ranked 83rd in the world, set up a second-round encounter against world number one Rafael Nadal after beating Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-2.

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In a week of records, Novak Djokovic's first-round match against Olivier Rochus was the latest-ever finish at Wimbledon, while Taylor Dent's 148mph serve against Djokovic in round two was the fastest recorded at the All England club.

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Elswhere, fifth seed Soderling was in action for only one hour 11 minutes in his 6-0 6-1 6-1 crushing of the hapless Taylor Dent and, in a match that lasted only eight minutes longer, Tsonga thrashed fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna 6-0 6-1 6-4 .

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