The Americans Coco Gauff (7) and Jessica Pegula (3) They accessed the second round of the Australian Open on the fast track by defeating the Czech in their premieres Katerina Sinyakova and the Romanian Jaqueline Christian respectively.
The 18-year-old Gauff overcame the ghosts created in the previous edition when he suddenly lost on his debut against Chinese Qiang Wang and will face British E in the next round.mma raducanuwho for her part overcame physical discomfort to prevail over German Tamara Korpatsch by an intense 6-3 and 6-2.
Gauff, currently a Roland Garros finalist, amassed a high percentage of first serves (72%) that helped him close out the first set comfortably 6-1.
Doubles specialist Siniakova reacted and had Gauff on the ropes needing four consecutive games to seal a comeback that became the first victory of the current edition on center court Rod Laver Arena.
Pegula, who arrived at a good moment of form after defeating the Polish Iga Swiatek In the United Cup, he left no trace of his rival, the Romanian Cristian, whom he defeated in an indisputable 6-0 and 6-1 in less than an hour.
His next opponent will be known after the end of the rivalry that will be retained by the Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova and the Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
The American did not fulfill his duty as a seed Amanda Anisimova (28) who stumbled against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6-3 and 6-4.
Next up for the 20-year-old Ukrainian is young Australian promise Olivia Gadecki, 20, who defeated Russian Polina Kudermetova 7-5, 6-1 in her debut in the oceanic competition.
Czech Marie Bouzkova, who fell to Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-2, 6-4, was also unable to dominate as favorite.
The 2019 US Open champion will face Spain’s Cristina Bucsa, who defeated Germany’s Eva Lys in three sets, in the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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