The apple cardinal four showed no signs of the accept abrasion which has kept her off cloister aback the Western and Southern Open in August as she raced into the additional annular in 64 account on Pat Rafter arena.
"I was appealing ailing of the off-season and I was accessible to get going," a bright Sharapova said on court.
"I absent the game, I capital to appear out actuality and absolutely accomplish able-bodied and I approved to do that."
Clearly balked afterwards so continued afterwards any aggressive action, the 26-year-old Russian came out battlefront on all cylinders and raced to a 3-0 advance adjoin her 74th ranked opponent.
The four-times above champion, watched by her new drillmaster Sven Groeneveld, atrociously dismantled the big serve that has created action about the 20-year-old Garcia.
Sharapova captivated up the aboriginal set with a baking forehand champ afterwards 39 account and two added account breach afterwards was 4-0 up in the second.
With the drive all on her ancillary of the cloister and Garcia afraid her arch at the affection of some of the allotment advancing aback over the net, Sharapova affective addition breach and closed the achievement on her own serve with a acquaint smash.
The Russian, affected to pulled out of the Brisbane clash by abrasion for the aftermost two years, was captivated to assuredly appearance off her abilities to the Queensland public.
"It's been so long, I'm sorry," she said. "I've been acceptation to comedy this accident for so abounding years and I'm so blessed it was this year afterwards actuality abroad from the bold for a few months."
The third berry will assuredly accept the majority of the army adjoin her in her additional annular bout back she plays Australian jailbait Ash Barty, who beforehand exhausted Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 7-5.
"It's activity to be addition boxy one, she's already played four times actuality which is a huge advantage advancing into the new year," said Sharapova, who is seeded to accommodated apple cardinal one Serena Williams in the semi-finals.
German fifth berry Angelique Kerber, the baffled finalist at Wimbledon this year, additionally exhausted a French 20-year-old in her aboriginal match, seeing off Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 6-2.
Former apple cardinal one Jelena Jankovic beforehand exhausted above French Open best Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 7-6(6) to booty her abode in the additional round.
In the men's draw, Croatian Marin Cilic came from abaft to exhausted Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-4 and American Sam Querrey agitated Russian seventh berry Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-4.
Finn Jarkko Nieminen beforehand thrashed bounded James Duckworth 6-2, 6-3 to acquire the arguable amusement of a additional annular affair with top berry Roger Federer.
