Maria Sharapova booked her spot in the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-3 6-0 win over fellow Russian Elena Vesnina on the Vodafone Arena.

Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova all showed tremendous skill and poise to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Russians dominated the women’s draw on day five at the Australian Open with four progressing to the last 16.