battles

Coco Gauff battles past Jodie Burrage to reach Australian Open third round

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Coco Gauff battles past Jodie Burrage to reach Australian Open third round

Coco Gauff is through to the third round after beating Jodie Burrage – Edgar Su/Reuters Jodie Burrage was knocked out in the second round of the Australian Open in straight sets by third seed Coco Gauff. Against a player ranked 170 places above her and having considered quitting tennis a couple of months previously because … Read more

Emma Raducanu battles through to Australian Open second round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova

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Emma Raducanu battles through to Australian Open second round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova

Emma Raducanu is into the second round after beating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova – Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Emma Raducanu battled a misfiring second serve and visible nerves to come through her first-round match against 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Rather like Jack Draper’s win on the same Court Three the previous day, this was far from being a … Read more