Maria Sharapova overwhelmed Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and didn't waste any time in a 6-2, 6-0 second-round victory in the Miami ATP Masters and WTA tournament.
Sharapova, seeded third even though her triumph at Indian Wells last weekend saw her jump from third to second in the world rankings, needed less than an hour to subdue the 19-year-old wild card.
Even a brief power outage that halted the match as the floodlights went out barely slowed her.
"It was a bigger surprise that it was all around the outer courts as well, not just the stadium," she said of the outage that plunged the court into darkness.
In the end however, it was just a small hurdle on a day when a three-hour rain delay had matches backing up.
"I was just trying to find a quiet corner where I could just rest and just wait it out," Sharapova said of her approach to the rain delay.
"I have been on the tour for many years and I have been part of a few delays ... you have to get out and just be ready, do a quick warmup, and be ready for the match."
Sharapova next faces 29th seed Russian Elena Vesnina, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Croatian Donna Vekic.
Victoria Azarenka, the Australian Open champion who is seeded second, although she's dropped to No. 3 in the world rankings this week, withdrew before her scheduled second-round match against US wild card Madison Keys with a right ankle injury.
Azarenka's withdrawal proved an unexpected bonus for American teenager Lauren Davis, who failed to qualify for the tournament.
She was given a 'lucky loser' pass into the event when Azarenka pulled out then saved three match points in defeating Madison Keys 6-1 5-7 7-6.
Britain's Laura Robson ranked a career-high of 43 in the world despite a 2013 win-loss record of 4-6 prior to her match against Cornet, dropped to a 5-7 7-5 6-1 defeat.
Robson, who won her first match since reaching the Australian Open third round in January in overcoming Camila Giorgi in the opening round in Florida, fell apart in the decider as the Frenchwoman breezed to victory.
Sixth seed Angelique Kerber reached the third round with a 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 win over Francesca Schiavone.
Having edged a tight first-set tiebreak, the veteran Italian then struggled on serve - with the German left-hander having little trouble in coasting through.
She will next play 28th seed Sorana Cirstea after the Romanian beat Silvia Soler Espinosa of Spain 2-6 7-5 6-2.
Italian 15th seed Roberta Vinci lost an opening tie-breaker to American Christina McHale 7-2 but won the last two sets to win through 6-7(2) 6-1 6-3 in over two-and-a-half hours.
The 30-year-old three-times Grand Slam doubles champion will face Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in the third round after the 20th seed beat Jamie Hampton of the USA in another three-setter.
Suarez Navarro was broken late in the first set but did likewise in the second before taking a final-set tie-break 7-3, triumphing 5-7 7-5 7-6(3) in two hours and 43 minutes.
Svetlana Kuznetsova won an all-Russian clash by ousting 18th seed Ekaterina Makarova 6-4 6-4 to set up a third-round match with Ana Ivanovic, who beat Urszula Radwanska 6-2 6-1.
Fourteenth seed Maria Kirilenko continued her good recent form with a 6-1 6-4 win over Bethanie Mattek-Sands while Jelena Jankovic, the 22nd seed, progressed 6-3 7-5 past Victoria Duval.
WTA Miami second-round results:
8-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-1
22-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Victoria Duval (U.S.) 6-3 7-5
12-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Urszula Radwanska (Poland) 6-2 6-1
32-Alize Cornet (France) beat Laura Robson (Britain) 5-7 7-5 6-1
3-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 6-2 6-0
14-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) 6-1 6-4
Simona Halep (Romania) beat 26-Tamira Paszek (Austria) 6-1 6-7(4) 7-5
11-Nadia Petrova (Russia) beat Zheng Jie (China) 6-3 6-1
28-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) 2-6 7-5 6-2
6-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2
21-Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 6-3 7-6(3)
20-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Jamie Hampton (U.S.) 5-7 7-5 7-6(3)
Lauren Davis (U.S.) beat Madison Keys (U.S.) 6-1 5-7 7-6(7)
15-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Christina Mchale (U.S.) 6-7(2) 6-1 6-3
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat 18-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-4 6-4
29-Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-4 6-2
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