LONDON, ⁠June 29 (Reuters) - Women's top seed Aryna ⁠Sabalenka began her latest attempt to claim ‌her first Wimbledon crown with a routine 6-2 6-3 defeat of Serbian qualifier Teodora Kostovic on Monday.

Still ​smarting from an unsettling French ⁠Open exit, the world ⁠number one was laser-focused on Centre Court as ⁠she ‌won the opening four games against the lowly ranked Kostovic.

She was ⁠eventually made to work and there was ​a minor ‌blip when she dropped serve at ⁠5-2 in ​the second set but it was only a temporary delay as she avoided any possibility ⁠of the sort of collapse ​she suffered in Paris against Diana Shnaider.

"I'm super excited to be back," she told a crowd ⁠that included former England soccer captain David Beckham.

"I was happy I could close this match in straight sets. For the first ​match I feel pretty good, ⁠maybe eight out of 10."

Sabalenka, a losing ​semi-finalist on her last three ‌visits to Wimbledon, will ​take on American McCartney Kessler next.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Alison Williams)