Maria Sharapova after four months with a back injury completely dominant 6-3, 6-0 win over France's Caroline Garcia in the first round of the Brisbane International on Monday .The world number four , showed no signs of the shoulder injury that has kept him off the court from the Western and Southern Open in August as he ran to the second round in 64 minutes on Pat Rafter Arena." I was pretty sick of the off-season and was ready to get going ," said a beaming Sharapova on the court."I missed the game, I wanted to come here and do well and really tried to do that . "Clearly frustrated after so long without any competitive action, the 26 - year-old Russian came out flat and raced to a 3-0 lead against his opponent ranked 74th .The four -time major champion , watched by his new coach Sven Groeneveld, ruthlessly dismantled the great service you created excitement around the 20 -year-old Garcia.Sharapova ended the first set with a blistering forehand winner after 39 minutes and two breaks of serve later he was up 4-0 in the second.With all the momentum on their side of the court and Garcia shook his head in the quality of some of the statements that come back over the net , Sharapova took another break and sealed victory in their own service with a forearm smash .Russian forced to withdrawn from the Brisbane tournament with an injury for the past two years, was delighted to finally show their skills to the public Queensland."It's been so long , I'm sorry , " she said. "I wanted to play this event for many years and am so happy it was this year after being out of the game for a few months . "Third seed certainly going to have most of the people against him in his second round match when Australian Ashleigh Barty Teen playing before upset by Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 7-5"It will be another difficult , which has already played four times here, which is a great advantage that comes in the new year," Sharapova , who is seeded to meet world number one Serena Williams in the semifinals said.Fifth -seeded German Angelique Kerber , the finallist defeated at Wimbledon this year , also beat a French 20-year -old in his first game , seeing off Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 6-2.Former world number one Jelena Jankovic earlier defeated former French Open champion , Francesca Schiavone 6-2 7-6 (6 ) to take his place in the second round .In the men , the Croatian Marin Cilic rallied to beat Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-7 ( 3) , 7-6 ( 5), 6-4 and American Sam Querrey upset seventh-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov 7-5 6-4 .Finnish Jarkko Nieminen previous thrashed local James Duckworth 6-2 , 6-3 to win the dubious pleasure of a second round of meetings with top seed Roger Federer.In men clash Monday night , the fifth seed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated Robin Haase (Netherlands ) 6-2 , 6-3 .
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