Melbourne: For someone with precious little match conditioning heading into the Australian Open, Maria Sharapova didn't look like someone concerned about any supposed imbalance Wednesday. The second-seeded Sharapova beat Japan's Misaki Doi 6-0, 6-0 in just 47 minutes, her second consecutive match at Melbourne Park where her opponent failed to win a game. Doi won only 15 points. Last year's Australian Open runner-up pulled out of the Brisbane International with a right collarbone injury two weeks ago and had not played a competitive match this year until her first-round "double-bagel" win over fellow Russian Olga Puchkova on Monday. She was the first woman to achieve that feat in consecutive...
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