American beats Britain’s Jodie Burrage in straight sets2023 US Open champion is undefeated in 2025
Coco Gauff stretched her unbeaten start to 2025 to seven matches and 14 sets as she moved into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory Britain’s Jodie Burrage.
Gauff, the 2023 US Open champion and a semi-finalist at Melbourne Park a year ago, went through a bit of a rough patch in the second set, struggling with double-faults and dropping four games in a row to go from a break up at 3-1 to a break down at 5-3. But when Burrage served for the second set, Gauff regained control, using a four-game run of her own to end the contest.
“It was tough. She was serving really well, so I was just trying to manage that, honestly,” the No 3-seeded Gauff said. “She really stepped her level up in the middle of the second set, so I was just trying to be offensive when I could.”
Gauff hit six of her seven double-faults in the second set, but was far steadier at the baseline overall, finishing the match with 11 unforced errors, compared to 37 for Burrage.
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