Former champion Maria Sharapova beat Argentine Gisela Dulko 6-0, 6-1 in just under an hour on the first round of Australian Open on Tuesday.

Sharapova, who won titles in 2008, was in top form when he overcame Argentina’s tennis player in hot conditions at the Hisense Arena.

It was Sharapova’s impressive performance against the highest-ranked player who had the world 26.

The Russian fourth seed also showed no signs of the left ankle injury that forced him to withdraw from the Brisbane International two weeks ago.

Sharapova took the first set in just 25 minutes and not lose one game to lead 2-0 in the second set, when the service was sometimes not sided with him. But he quickly got up to behind the break and cruised to win the match.

Dulko is not able to reply “groundtroke” hard Sharapova, especially the “forehand” his deadly throughout the game for 58 minutes. Sharapova produced 14 “winner” of Argentine Dulko and force it to do 22 mistakes along the two sets of it.

“I knew I was facing heavy opponent today,” said Sharapova, who seemed happy after the match. “I focus on every point and take our time – he is a player who likes to linger with the ball.”

Sharapova got a relatively easy path to the third round with the next opponent is qualifier Jamie Hampton U.S. origin.