Coco Gauff defeated Jodie Burrage 6-3, 7-5, to qualify for the 3rd round of the Australian Open 2025, where she will face Canadian former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez.
Coco, after beating Burrage, spoke at the on-court interview about her approaching 21st birthday.
“I’m turning 21 in less than 2 months. Are we having the party? Um, I don’t know! I’m not a big party person. Maybe have a drink with my parents? I don’t know. I was legal everywhere except the United States.
So I don’t think it’s going to change much because I travel a lot. I know my friends want me to party in Miami and do something crazy. But I’m an athlete. So that’s my excitement,” she explained.
In other matches, the elimination of the tournament’s No. 5 seed Qinwen Zheng, last year’s finalist, was the main surprise of the day. 7-6 6-3 the surprise score in favor of Laura Siegemund. The WTA No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3 7-5. Jessica Pegula also won over Elise Mertens.
Naomi Osaka won one of the most anticipated matches of the night, coming back to beat Karolina Muchova with a score of 1-6 6-1 6-3. Mirra Andreeva qualified for the third round, struggling but beating Uchijima 6-4 3-6 7-6.
In the men’s singles, Alexander Zverev is in the…
