Maria Sharapova Advance to third Round

Maria Sharapova overpowered Ashley Harkleroad 6-2, 6-2 in 67 minutes. The match was slightly tougher than her 51-minute 6-2, 6-0 win the previous day over Anna Smashnova.

"I didn't think I had enough of a challenge to see where my game was at in the first round," the third-seeded Russian said. 'The points were very quick. But today I played a few rallies and I definitely did a lot of good things ... "I definitely played pretty solid today," Maria said. "But it's only going to get tougher from here. It's a matter of stepping it up and coming up with the goods when I need it".