It was the World No. 1 against a player ranked 16 places below her but the match was over in 27 minutes.
And not for the lack of trying from Samantha Teran. The lass from Mexico City tried her hardest but Nicol David was always a step ahead of her.
And unlike past years when Nicol often started cold at the Kallang Squash Centre, this time the 25-year-old from Penang shot off like a rocket, taking the first game 11-5, before taking the next two 11-8 and 11-7.
The Malaysian was pleased to get over the first hurdle, saying after the match, "Samantha has been playing well lately, she keeps going and going."
"So I wanted to start off strong and keep the mistakes to the minimum."
And she was pleased to get settled into the Show Court at Kallang.
"It's about getting used to the change from the glass courts in Malaysia to the concrete one here, working the court well for your own game and working right through."
Second seed Rachael Grinham was equally clinical in despatching Malaysia's Sharon Wee 11-9, 11-3, 11-3 to stay on course for a repeat of last year's final, the match taking 30 minutes.
Grinham now takes on Omneya Abdel Kawy who downed Isabelle Stoehr 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 (31 mins).
Madeline Perry attended a radio recording in the morning, alongside WISPA Chief Executive Andrew Shelley, and Singapore players Mao Shi Hui and Pamela Chua.
From all accounts, Madeline put up a good performance during at the 938LIVE radio studios in the morning, and in the evening took 17 minutes to brush aside Pamela.
The Irish girl lines up a meeting with third-ranked Natalie Grinham, while her Singaporean opponent, ranked 137th, heads next to the United States for tertiary studies.
And while Madeline will continue as a touring pro to study the angles of a squash court, Pamela will be doing undergraduate studies in Mathematical and Computational Science.
England's Laura Lengthorn-Massaro despatched Malaysia's Delia Arnold 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 to earn a meeting with top seed Nicol.
Alison Waters (4) took 33 minutes to defeat Donna Urquhart 12-10, 11-5, 11-4. Her next assignment will be against a familiar opponent in Jenny Duncalf who took care of Vanessa Atkinson 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (35 mins).
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