Smashnova routed in final match

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) Anna Smashnova will want to forget her last ever tour match after she suffered a 6-0 6-0 whitewash against Martina Mueller in the first round of Wimbledon today.

The 30-year-old Israeli, once ranked as high as 15 in the world, would have hoped for a more memorable outing in her final tournament after winning 12 titles in a 16-year professional career.

She never managed to shine at the grand slams with two fourth round appearances at the French Open her best showings.

She had always struggled to adjust her baseline style to the grass at Wimbledon and after spraying too many shots outside the boundaries, she bowed out after just 43 minutes.

It was her seventh successive first-round defeat at the All England Club.

German 32nd seed Mueller will next face either Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska or Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova.

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