Koko Goff, the number three tennis player in the world, qualified for the third round of the Australian Open today, after defeating the British player Jodie Burrage 6:3, 7:5 in Melbourne.
The American player won over the 173rd tennis player in the world in one hour and 29 minutes.
Three breaks were seen in the first set, two of which were made by the 20-year-old Gof.
At the start of the second set, Goff took away her opponent’s serve, but Berage responded with two breaks and took the lead with a score of 3:5.
This was followed by a series of four consecutive games for the American tennis player, who plays in the third round against the 30th seeded Canadian Lejla Fernandes.
Russia’s Anastasija Pavlyuchenkova (32nd on the WTA list) also made it to the third round, defeating compatriot Anastasija Potapova (36th) 7:6 (2), 2:6, 6:2.
In the third round, Pavlyuchenkova will play against the German Laura Zigemund (97th on the WTA list), who was better than the fifth tennis player in the world and last year’s finalist of the Australian Open, Chinese Qinwen Zhen, 7:6 (3), 6:3.
The 18th tennis player in the world, Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, also reached the third round, defeating the German player Jula Niemejer (93rd on the WTA list) with 6:3, 6:0.
In the next round, Kostyuk is waiting for the winner of the match between the 11th seed Paula Badosa from Spain and the domestic player Talia Gibson.
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Source: www.vijesti.me
