Coco Gauff is through to the third round of the Australian Open after a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Britain's Emma Raducanu.
On her second set point, Raducanu pushed Gauff back and perfectly set up the point, only to dump a drop shot into the net. What she has done is rise towards the top of the game by competing consistently over a long period of time, winning many more matches. As they moved towards a second set tie-break, the intensity and quality gradually rose. Raducanu found greater balance in her shotmaking and she pulled herself back into the set. It was a contest between two of the most high-profile young women’s players on the tour, but they arrived on Rod Laver Arena after completely different preparations. Although the Atlanta-born world No 7 stood across the net on Rod Laver Arena against a grand slam champion in Britain’s Emma Raducanu, her elder by a year and a half, as a professional tennis player she has already seen so much more.
Coco Gauff fought through a tough second round match at the Australian Open on Wednesday, defeating Emma Raducanu 6-3 7-6.
Gauff, however, was moving superbly around the court, retrieving shots that seemed well out of her reach. “Considering the circumstances, I can imagine both of us were nervous,” Gauff said in her on-court interview. It looked like the American would cruise through the rest of the match when she took a 3-1 lead in the second set, but Raducanu clawed her way back into the contest and broke Gauff to love at 3-4.
The former US Open champion, ranked 70 places below Gauff, grew into the match and was the better player late in the second set but was unable to take two set ...
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Emma Raducanu should take more encouragement from her defeat against Coco Gauff than her opponent can glean from her win.
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British number one Emma Raducanu is out of the Australian Open after losing in straight sets to Coco Gauff in an entertaining second-round match.
Her instinct is that she first needs more time on the practice court. She puts another ball in play, so you feel like you have to squeeze it closer to the line and then she teases errors out of you." "It was a good quality match for the most part. It's just not how I want to play either," she said. Gauff is the younger player with the greater experience, but Raducanu is the one who is already a major champion - a tag which Gauff is keen to add to her resume this season. Losing obviously sucks a bit," said Raducanu. Gauff warmed up for the Australian Open by winning a WTA event in Auckland and looked to be cruising towards victory when she was a set and a break up. Raducanu says she was playing through a fair amount of pain, having pushed her body "over the limit" here in Melbourne. "I have that vision of myself being an aggressive player and I think that's also the way I want to play in the future." [Raducanu has 'no doubts' she can beat the best](https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/64317631) [How boxing sessions helped me knock out Raducanu - Gauff column](https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/64286559) [Reaction to Gauff's win over Raducanu in Melbourne](https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/tennis/62997933) Had she been able to take one of two set points at 5-4 in the second - which would have forced a deciding set - it might have led to a different outcome. British number one Emma Raducanu is out of the Australian Open after losing in straight sets to Coco Gauff in a gripping second-round match.
Tim Henman believes Emma Raducanu can rise to the top of women's tennis if she increases her conditioning and experience levels. Raducanu was beaten in ...
Raducanu has largely struggled since her 2021 Flushing Meadows triumph, failing to progress beyond the second round at a Grand Slam since. But you have to get the balance right between being aggressive and making unforced errors.' But, aged just 20, her future is still bright, according to former world No. 'Hold on, she’s already won a Grand Slam! If she does that, she can win big matches.' 'She can see the level.
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Tim Henman believes Emma Raducanu's Australian Open defeat to Coco Gauff was a “learning curve” and highlighted key areas where she needs to improve.
But in the end, I think Gauff wanted it more and was a bit more comfortable not playing great, but still needing the win under her belt.” You have to work hard, take time and get to know each other. She was able to stay in and win the longer exchanges. “She’s still developing, and we’re talking about the identity of her game. That’s why she qualified and won the US Open; she has the ability,” said former British No. Tim Henman believes Emma Raducanu’s Australian Open defeat to Coco Gauff was a “learning curve” for the British No.
Coco Gauff had to keep her emotions in check in a topsy-turvy second round Australian Open win over Emma Raducanu at the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday, ...
[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) There’s other British players, but no one has done what she’s done and gotten that far in a Slam.” [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/) But also, at the same time, I didn’t win a Slam. “There’s always, for American fans, someone to look to. [Tennis News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/tennis-news/) “Obviously she’s gone through a lot of pressure, bursting onto the scene. 20-year-old Raducanu has never been ranked above 10th in the world, but claimed a shock victory at the 2021 US Open. “I know my mum gets nervous… “I don’t look at [my nervous parents] too much in the match,” she said, as per Eurosport. [discovery+](https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/sport/tennis/australian-open?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C11-PR-CAM-AW-W-Tennis-AustralianOpen-221221-NA&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-paid-prcom-id1) and Eurosport
Emma Raducanu has been knocked out of Australian Open 2023 after Coco Gauff defeated the 2021 US Open Champion.
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ANKARA. Emma Raducanu, a former US Open champion in women's singles, was eliminated from the 2023 Australian Open after a loss to US teen Coco Gauff.
[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. In the 2022 French Open, Gauff lost to top seed Iga Swiatek in the final. The US athlete won the tiebreak set against Raducanu to progress to the third round in the first Grand Slam of the year.
Having put in many hours in the gym over the off-season to try to avoid the sort of injury problems that plagued her last year, Raducanu was hugely ...
'She raised her level a lot towards the end of the second set,' said Gauff. So I'm feeling good and confident that, in six months' time, I know it's not going to be the finished product, but hopefully I would have made strides. 'I just have to review the body right now,' she said. So it obviously sucks a bit, but it's fine.' 'She's a great opponent, great athlete. Saying that, I still think I didn't necessarily play my best today.
Emma Raducanu's disappointment in losing to Coco Gauff at the Australian Open was tempered by pride that she had defied injury to push a high-class ...
[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/) “She raised her level a lot towards the end of the second set,” said Gauff. [Tennis News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/tennis-news/) So I’m feeling good and confident that, in six months’ time, I know it’s not going to be the finished product, but hopefully I would have made strides.” “If we made a mistake, people would say, ‘You’re just 20, you’re 18 years old, you can bounce back’. “I just have to review the body right now,” she said. Saying that, I still think I didn’t necessarily play my best today. So it obviously sucks a bit, but it’s fine.” “I think 13 days ago, if you would have told us, ‘Hey, you’re going to be in the draw and win a round’, it would have been a massive effort for sure. “She’s a great opponent, great athlete. But it’s such a nice court, and I’m happy to have had a match on that now so, next time, if I come back and play again on that court, I’ll be more familiar.”