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Sharapova ousts Davenport

AFP, Melbourne
Justine Henin and Rafael Nadal thundered into the Australian Open third round Wednesday, but Lindsay Davenport s comeback Grand Slam was abruptly ended by Maria Sharapova.
Henin, the world number one and top seed, demolished Russian Olga Poutchkova 6-1 in the opening set. but was given a wake up call when stretched to 7-5 in the second before clocking her 30th straight win.
A rampaging Nadal put on a dominant display against hapless Frenchman Florent Serra, racing to a 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 victory’ to ensure he stays on track while sixth seed Andy Roddick made short work of
Germany's Michael Berrer.
Women's defending champion Serena Williams was also firing in a 6-3, 6-1 pounding of Chinese qualifier Meng Yuan, but the curtains came down on Davenport’s tournament
Fifth seed Sharapova overwhelmed the unseeded American 6-1, 6-3 in her first Grand Slam since giving birth to a son.
The diminutive Henin, who missed last year's Australian Open amid personal problems, admitted she lost some focus in the second set, but never felt threatened.
"Well, I played a good first set. I was well into the match and played very aggressive and I did a good job in the first," said the Belgian.
"And yeah, then lost a little bit of the intensity, a little bit of the rhythm on my serve. And then when she came back at 5-51 understood it was time to push myself a little bit more."
Henin, the red-hot favourite to claim her first Australian Open since 2004, now faces Italy's Francesca Schiavone, the 25th seed who ousted Angelique Kerber of Germ any 6-2,6-3.
Spain's Nadal, the French Open champion, set up a third round clash with 28th seed Gilles Simon of France following his comprehensive mauling of Serra.
Nadal's consummate victory followed his sterner straight sets opener on Monday against Serbian qualifier Viktor TYoicki, who made him work much harder.
"The important thing is I play much better. I played at a very high level in the first set," Nadal said.
"I'm happy about my improvement after first round, and especially I improved a lot with my serve and with the forehand."
The muscular Spaniard is seen as one of the few men capable of
derailing the Roger Federer juggernaut as it hurtles towards a 13th Grand Slam, but he has never been beyond the quarterfinals here in three previous attempts.
Roddick, who could meet Nadal in the last eight on the seedings, rolled past Berrer 6-2,6-2,6-4.
"He was trying to hit the ball around the court and it was a good workout ahead of my next match," said Roddick, a three semifinalist here; - ■« > .
A fired-up Williams delivered an ominous warning to rivals eyeing her Australian Open crown when she swatted aside China's Meng.
The American displayed a brand of fist-pumping aggression missing from her tentative opening match performance, receiving a code violation for swearing in jubilation after blasting down a powerful backhand winner.
"Itwasasatisfyingwin," shesaid. "I felt like I played better groundstroke-wise than I did in my first match."
Sharapova said she had to be at the top of her game against threetime Grand Slam champion Davenport, who has shown outstanding form since returning to the tour in September less than four months having a baby.