Maria didn't waste much time in Tokyo as she scored a 6-0 6-1 victory over #12 seed Samantha Stosur of Australia to advance to the 3rd round.  The win took 57 minutes as Maria won her 6th straight match against the Australian.

Maria did have a chance to score a double bagel but Stosur held her serve at 5-0 in the 2nd set.  Maria's serve was on fire throughout the whole match and she had 6 aces to only 1 double-fault.

In the 3rd round to be played on Wednesday, Maria will play Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.  They have played once before in Toronto in August and Maria won in 3 sets.

Maria is through to the 2nd round at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo as she defeated Francesca Schiavone of Italy.  Maria won 4-6 7-5 6-1 in 2 hours and 22 minutes.

Maria was down 4-6 2-4 but from that point on only dropped 2 more games as she booked her place in the 2nd round. 

After the win Maria said: "I did a great job of hanging in there.  I was a down a break in the second set. It was really important to stay patient. What I have learned is that it takes a really long time to come back and I'm okay with that.  I've been playing catch-up. I know that I've got to push myself more than I ever have in my career."

In the 2nd round to be played on Tuesday, Maria will play #12 seed Samantha Stosur of Australia.  They have played 5 times before and Maria leads the series 5-0.  The last meeting was at this event in 2006 when it was played indoors and Maria won in straight sets.

Maria has been knocked out of the US Open by 17 year old Melanie Oudin of the United States in the 3rd round.  Maria lost 3-6 6-4 7-5 in 2 hours and 58 minutes.

Maria took a 2-0 lead in the 1st set but let Oudin back into the match as Oudin levels the set 2-2.  Maria breaks back in the next game and started to take control of the set as she taok a 5-2...

There was a 17-year-old American girl kicking up a lot of buzz with a major upset at the U.S. Open Thursday, but Maria Sharapova made sure it was not at her expense.

Hours after Melanie Oudin of Marietta, Ga., took out the No. 4 seed, Elena Dementieva, in the day session, Sharapova launched the late-night portion of the program by overpowering Christi...

QUESTION
How impressed were you with the way you were striking the ball?

MARIA SHARAPOVA:
I was pretty happy because I kind of came from a slow court in Toronto to a pretty fast court here, which you always know going into the US Open, the Arthur Ashe Stadium is pretty quick. So it was all about adjustment.
I played a tricky opponent who doesn't give you much rhythm. It was just really important to stay on top of her and do the right things from the beginning. I thought I had a little bit of a slow start, but once I got going, I was able to do a good job of maintaining.