Sharapova, seeded fourth, defeated the 10th-seeded Australian 6-3, 6-2 and next faces either second-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia or unseeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova.
She will face second-seeded Vera Zvonareva, who let a second-set advantage slip but eventually put away unseeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 7-6 (8/6).
“I played a really great match and did many good things today which caused her trouble,” Sharapova said. “I was aggressive. I didn t give her much time to do things that she likes to do when she plays well, felt like I controlled most of the points.”
Sharapova was pleased to be playing better in her last tournament before the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the year that starts in New York on August 29.
“Coming here, I said that it was really important to play these matches,” she said. “Obviously the more matches you play against different opponents and winning them gives you more confidence going into New York … to be playing good tennis before New York is really important.”
Sharapova won a challenge on match point to improve to 3-0 this year and 9-0 in her career against Stosur.
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