Last year's runner-up and number four seed Sharapova got through the match in just over one hour to set up a next-round encounter with Italian Maria Elena Camerin.
Sharapova is coming off the back of a tournament-win in Indian Wells and with two of the hot favourites, Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, alreadyt dumped out of the tournament, the Russian teenager is en-route to consolidate her solid performances of the past few months with another title victory.
However the Russian starlet remains philosophical about the elimination of both Henin-Hardenne and Clijsters.
"You try not to think about it when you go on the court," said the Sharapova. "It's disappointing for the tournament, but it's hard to look at that when you have your own draw to look at. This is tennis, the good thing is you always have next week."
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