Paris: Maria Sharapova won another easy match at the French Open on Friday, beating Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-1, 6-1. The second-seeded Sharapova won her opening match 6-0, 6-0 on Tuesday.
The Russian has won three major titles in her career, but she still needs to win at Roland Garros to complete a career Grand Slam. Last year, she lost in the semi-finals at the French Open.
Sharapova and Morita were supposed to play on Thursday night, but their match was postponed because of the marathon contest between American John Isner and Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu. Isner lost in the fifth set, 18-16.
Meanwhile later in the day, US Open champion Samantha Stosur slugged her way through to the last 16 with a 6-3 6-3 defeat of Russian Nadia Petrova in a baseline battle.
Australian sixth seed Stosur, the runner-up at Roland Garros two years ago, wasted little time and energy seeing off Petrova, who turns 30 next week, on Court One.
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