US Open champion Coco Gauff eased through to the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday, beating fellow American Caroline Dolehide 7-6 (7/2), 6-2.
The fourth seed raced into a 4-1 lead on Margaret Court Arena before being reeled back by her unseeded opponent.
However, Gauff was relatively untroubled in the tie-break, winning it 7-2.
Coco Gauff moves to a perfect 7-0 on the season! #AusOpenThe #USOpen champ beats Dolehide in straight sets for her 9th straight win at a major pic.twitter.com/ugmszI4XXv
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The second set went with serve until the fifth game, when Gauff broke. She repeated the feat and survived multiple break points on her serve to clinch the match.
“I wasn’t nervous today, I was just trying to play good tennis,” said Gauff, 19.
“It was really hard,” Gauff said. “If you give her something short, she’s going to punish you for it. So I think if I could go back, I would try to play more deeper, more heavy like I did in the second (set).”
Gauff will next play another American, Alycia Parks, who reached the third round of a Grans Slam singles tournament for the first time with a 7-5, 6-4 win over 32nd-ranked Leylah Fernandez.
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