No. 3 seed Coco Gauff able to "step up my level" at the right time to dispatch Jodie Burrage in second round at Melbourne.

MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s a young woman who looks a lot like Coco Gauff at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open. She has the same fiery, competitive eyes, the same tendency to break out in a giggle in the middle of a sentence and the same number of titles.

After winning her first round match at this year’s Australian Open, Coco Gauff sent a message back to Los Angeles where the wildfires continue to cause widespread devastation.

Coco Gauff stretched her unbeaten start to 2025 to seven matches and 14 sets by moving into the third round at the Australian Open.

Coco Gauff has made improvements to her serving and her forehand. And the strides in both of those areas are among the reasons she's considered one of the few women ready to challenge two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the title at the Australian Open.

For shoes, Gauff wore a pair of New Balance Coco CG2 sneakers. The shoe is a white mesh upper featuring green accents. It is a mid-cut silhouette and has a dual-density FuelCell midsole to help drive the wearer forward. The mudguards are made of leather and suede.

Jodie Burrage's Australian Open came to an end on Wednesday as she succumbed to a valiant 6-3, 7-5 defeat to American world No. 3 Coco Gauff.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff had a little difficulty adjusting to the sun at one end of Rod Laver Arena and dropped an early service game but quickly settled into a rhythm to start her Australian Open a 6-3, 6-3 win Monday over 2020 champion Sofia Kenin.

Women’s tennis star Coco Gauff extended her winning streak to 11 matches and advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Britain’s Jodie Burrage on Wednesday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

MELBOURNE–No party animal, Australian Open contender Coco Gauff said she might celebrate her coming 21st birthday by tackling an escape room rather than putting on a big bash with friends back in Miami.

The next opponent of Coco Gauff has embraced the prospect of coming up against the No. 3 seed in the second round of the Australian Open.