This time, Maria Sharapova did not shed any tears or fall to her hands and knees as if she had won a championship. She merely smiled, waved and advanced.

Sharapova, who made an emotional return to Grand Slam tennis on Monday with a strikingly high-caliber performance at Arthur Ashe Stadium, settled into a modicum of normalcy in the second round of the United States Open on Wednesday.

She defeated Timea Babos of Hungary, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1, at Ashe Stadium in more routine fashion than her thrilling first-round win over No. 2-seeded Simona Halep.

“It’s always difficult to come after a match like that,” Sharapova said. “My goal was just to get it done.”