Maybe he'd forgotten to record Eastenders or perhaps he was planning a romantic late evening stroll with girlfriend Kim but Andy Murray is in a hurry.

24 hours earlier Roger Federer had laid down his marker with a ruthless display that reminded his legion of fans just why he's dominated here for so long.

Third seed Murray responded with an equally impressive and imposing 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 second round victory - achieved in just 88 minutes - that underlined why it's not only blind patriotism that makes him Federer's most likely rival at the All England Club.

"I served great throughout the entire match and gave him no opportunities," said Murray.

"My variety of shots was great, I served better and returned better - it was much improved from my first match.

"Maybe there was some tension in the first round but I was much more relaxed.

"If I serve like that for the rest of the tournament, then I've got a very good chance of doing well."

The British number one had been lacklustre in his first round win over Robbie Kendrick but the edges had been smoothed against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis.

He returned better, showed improved touch and intelligently mixed his shots like Tom Cruise in Cocktail.

He made just five unforced errors, a statistic that meant there was only going to be one winner.

Murray, like a performance sports car moving through the gears, was soon cruising and a chastened Gulbis - with a reputation for upsets - was heading back to locker room to reflect on his blink and you'll miss it centre court debut.

And if he hadn't served so many aces - the strength of his game - this match would have been over even sooner.

Murray will now play either 30th seed Viktor Troicki or Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the third round while Stanislas Wawrinka, a Olympic doubles gold medallist with Roger Federer last year, is a potential fourth round opponent.