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Maria Sharapova "happy" to progress at Australian Open

Maria Sharapova is pleased with her second-round performance against Karin Knapp at the Australian Open.

Maria Sharapova has said that she is "really happy" to have booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open.

The 26-year-old Russian got the better of Karin Knapp 6-3 4-6 10-8 in the second round on Thursday.

"I'm really happy to get through," she told reporters. "I really am. I worked really hard in the last few months and I wanted this match. I didn't play my best tennis; I didn't do many things well. I got through it, and sometimes that's what's important.

"I was up a set and a break and I had many opportunities to finish the match faster. So I would have loved for it to finish faster, but that's what I got and I have to deal with the circumstances.

"I'm all right with that. I'm a competitor here, and I worked hard to get through that match. I will have to work just as hard to get through the next ones."

Sharapova will take on France's Alize Cornet in the third round of the tournament.

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Russia's Maria Sharapova celebrates winning match point against Italy's Karin Knapp in their women's singles second round match on day four of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 16, 2014
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