China's Li Na has made an impressive debut at Wimbledon, thrashing France's Virginie Razzano 6-2, 6-0 in the first round.

Li Na blew her opponent Razzano away with her searing ground strokes on court 19 before securing her victory with a thumping backhand winner on the match point.

The first Chinese player to be seeded in a grand slam singles event, the number 27 player will face either Russian Vassilissa Bardina or American Meilen Tu next.

Meanwhile, China's Zheng Jie booked her place in the second round by sending Czech player Iveta Benesova off with a 7-5, 6-2 victory.

The other two Chinese players, Yan Zi and Yuan Meng, were knocked out of the grass court tournament after they both suffered 2-0 defeats in the first round.

(CRI June 28, 2006)