Coco Gauff has breezed in her first two matches of the Australian Open, winning all four of her sets with ease and only losing three games once.
Next she’ll play fellow American Hailey Baptiste for a spot in the fourth round. But for the World No. 3, this won’t just be another Grand Slam match. It carries significant weight and importance, and Gauff expressed that following her 6-2, 6-2 win over Olga Danilovic on Wednesday.
“It makes me a little bit emotional playing Hailey,” the 21-year-old said during her on-court interview in Margaret Court Arena, “because growing up there weren’t really too many Black women and juniors playing. It was only like three or four of us out there, and we had to deal with…