Wimbledon 2025 live scores: Alex De Minaur vs Roberto Carballés Baena, day 2 schedule
He was forced to work for the first set, before cruising through the second.
The 11th-seed, de Minaur earned six set points before finally closing out the opening set 6-2 in 46 minutes.
He hit 13 winners to his opponent's seven, but Baena didn't go down without a fight.
De Minaur claimed the second set 6-2 to set up a chance of a straigh sets victory.
Fellow Aussie Aleksander Vukic is up two sets to nil in his clash with Chun-Hsin Tseng, 6-3 6-4.
James McCabe and Adam Walton both dropped the first set of their matches against Arthur Cazaux and Fabian Marozsan.
The women's draw has opened up after American Jessica Pegula suffered a shock Wimbledon exit, the third seed beaten by Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto in straight sets.
Pegula was thrashed 6-2, 6-3 by the world No.116 in just 58 minutes.
It was a bitter blow for 2024 US Open finalist Pegula, who has never been past the quarter-finals at the All England Club
The 31-year-old played with heavy strapping on her right knee and never looked comfortable in a lacklustre performance.
Since losing last year's US Open final against Aryna Sabalenka, world number three Pegula has been eliminated before the quarter-finals in all three of her Grand Slam appearances.
It was only Cocciaretto's second win against a top-10 player.
Daria Kasatkina and Prscilla Hon were flying the Australian flag in the women's draw to start day two.
Kasatkina was forced to work in her opening round match with Emiliana Arango, before eventually winning 7-5 6-3.
Hon was bundled out by Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight sets, 6-2 7-5.
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