Australian Open 2023 results: Emma Raducanu eliminated after losing to USA's Coco Gauff in straight sets

Australian Open 2023 is underway at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne and year's first grandslam has witnessed a few surprising results. In the second round, 2021 US Open Champion Emma Raducanu was eliminated after being defeated by Coco Gauff in straight sets.

Coco Gauff is only 18-year-old, but she is competing in the Australian Open main draw this year. She has already been around the globe numerous times, overcoming challenging situations and putting hard lessons into action. Although the Atlanta-born world number 7 played 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, she had seen so much more as a professional tennis player.

Gauff defeated Raducanu 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday to go to the third round of the Australian Open in a slow-burning match that saw the intensity and quality rise in the dying seconds.




Gauf said that the “whole match” was “great”. “We both started off rocky but I think the match was a good quality for the most part. I imagine we were both nervous,” she added.

It was a match between two of the tour's most prominent young women's players, but they arrived at Rod Laver Arena after quite different preparations. While Gauff began the season in fine form, capturing her third WTA championship in Auckland without dropping a set, Raducanu hurt her ankle in the second round of the same tournament and spent the following days racing to be ready for the Australian Open.

Gauff has established herself as one of the top defensive players in the world, and her superb movement drove Raducanu to make mistakes from the start. As Gauff took the opening break, Raducanu reacted by putting tremendous pressure on her opponent's serve with brilliant returns, eventually forcing Gauff to double fault on breakpoint.

Moments before the first meeting, both players talked about the parallels they have as young athletes who have experienced a lot of attention and scrutiny so early in their careers. Gauff, on the other hand, stated that she cannot connect to the strain of being a grand slam champion. She has risen to the top of the game by regularly competing over a lengthy period of time and winning many more matches.

FAQs

1. How old is Emma Raducanu?
   20 years old
2. Has Emma Raducanu played against Coco Gauff before?
   No, it was the first time.