The American Coco Gauff, seeded number 3, dominated her compatriot Sofia Kenin, 81st in the WTA rankings, without being worried by the score (6-3, 6-3) on the night from Sunday to Monday, French time, at first round of the Australian Open.
Facing the winner of the 2020 edition and former 4th player in the world, Gauff did not let go of five of the six break points she had to face, and converted four of the nine she obtained.
“Yes, it was a tougher match than the score might suggest,” the winner said during the on-court interview. “I knew it was going to be a tough match, but I’m happy with the way I played. »
I had a little trouble with my second serve.
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“Even if I had a little trouble with my second serve (smile),” she added. “But on this side (of the court), I had difficulty seeing the ball (when throwing, because of the sun). »
In difficulty last year with his second ball, Gauff committed nine double faults during this duel. An unflattering statistic counterbalanced by his 12 aces.
In the second round, Gauff, 3rd player in the world at the WTA, will face Briton Jodie Burrage, a 173rd player in the world who used the protected ranking rule to enter directly into the table without going through qualifying.
Other first round matches at the Australian Open (Grand Slam, Melbourne Park, hard, 60,627,573 USD, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Maria Lourdes Carle – Amanda Anisimova: to play
- Ekaterina Alexandrova – Emma Raducanu: to play
- Varvara Gracheva – Catherine McNally: to play
- Anna Kalinskaya – Kimberly Birrell: to play
- Viktoriya Tomova – Daria Kasatkina: to play
- Anna Bondar – Yafan Wang: to play
- Shuai Zhang – McCartney Kessler: to play
- Yulia Putintseva – Elina Avanesyan : à jouer
- Camila Osorio – Maria Sakkari: to play
- Anhelina Kalinina – Ons Jabeur: to play
- Xiyu Wang – Julia Grabher: to play
- Emma Navarro – Peyton Stearns: to play
- Sijia Wei – Jasmine Paolini: to play
- Taylor Townsend – Renata Zarazua: to play
- Rebecca Marino – Katie Boulter: to play
- Veronika Kudermetova – Olivia Gadecki: to play
- Saisai Zheng – Erika Andreeva: to play
- Beatriz Haddad Maia – Julia Riera: to play
- Irina-Camelia Begu – Elena-Gabriela Ruse: to play
- Madison Keys – Ann Li: to play
- Mayar Sherif – Dayana Yastremska: Here
- Danka Kovinic – Lulu Sun: to play
- Nuria Parrizas Diaz – Iva Jovic : à jouer
- Elena Rybakina – Emerson Jones: to play
- Daria Snigur – Danielle Collins: scheduled for Monday
- Naomi Osaka – Caroline Garcia: scheduled for Monday
- Maya Joint – Jessica Pegula: scheduled for Monday
- Greet Minnen – Destanee Aiava : scheduled Monday
- Karolina Muchova – Nadia Podoroska: Monday program
- Elise Mertens – Viktorija Golubic: scheduled for Monday
- Petra Martic – Jaqueline Cristian : scheduled Monday
- Nao Hibino – Marta Kostyuk : programmé lundi
- Jule Niemeier – Maja Chwalinska: programmé lundi
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Yue Yuan: scheduled Monday
- Katerina Siniakova – Iga Swiatek : scheduled Monday
- Lucia Bronzetti – Victoria Azarenka: scheduled for Monday
- Sara Bejlek – Caroline Dolehide: scheduled for Monday
- Belinda Bencic – Jelena Ostapenko: scheduled for Monday
- Tamara Zidansek – Anastasia Potapova : programmé lundi
- Harriet Dart – Jana Fett: scheduled for Monday
- Elina Svitolina – Sorana Cirstea: scheduled on Monday
- Magdalena Frech – Polina Kudermetova : programme lundi
- Ajla Tomljanovic – Ashlyn Krueger: scheduled for Monday
- Rebecca Sramkova – Katie Volynets: scheduled for Monday
- Olga Danilovic – Arantxa Rus: 6-4, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (N.25) – Kamilla Rakhimova : 6-2, 6-4
- Zeynep Sonmez – Talia Gibson : Scheduled Monday
- Jodie Burrage – Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Laura Siegemund – Hailey Baptiste: scheduled for Monday
- Diana Shnaider (N.12) – Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 7-6 [4]6-4
- Moyuka Uchijima – Magda Linette: scheduled Monday
- Anna Blinkova – Daria Saville (WC) : 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Cristina Bucsa – Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (N.1) – Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro – Sonay Kartal : 6-1, 7-6 [5]
- Clara Tauson – Linda Noskova (N.29): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Paula Badosa (N.11) – Xinyu Wang : 6-3, 7-6 [5]
- Donna Vekic (N.18) – Diane Parry : 6-4, 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng (N.5) – Anca Todoni (Q) : 7-6 [3]6-1
- Suzan Lamens – Veronika Erjavec (Q): 7-5, 7-6 [2]
- Leylah Fernandez (N.30) – Yuliia Starodubtseva : 7-5, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva (N.14) – Marie Bouzkova : 6-3, 6-3
- Tatjana Maria – Bernarda Pera : 7-6 [3]6-4
