Gauff and Swiatek earn spots in the next round at Australian Open

Coco Gauff and Iga Swiaetek earned spots in the next round of the Australian Open with straight-sets victories over their opponents.

The world number one faced off against Cristina Bucsa and smashed her rather easily 6-0 6-1 to secure a spot in the next round. Swiatek was utterly dominant from the start hitting the ball as cleanly as she ever did en route to the straight-sets finish. Bucsa was unable to hold the ball in play at all, posting a 4-21 winner-to-unforced error ratio.

The match lasted only 55 minutes as Swiatek added 15 of her winners as well. Coco Gauff did something similar in her match albeit it took quite a bit more time to do it. She faced compatriot Pera and proved better in a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win. Gauff had 7 aces in this one which is good to see but also 23 winners.

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She did have 27 unforced errors as well as she tried to be really aggressive taking the ball earlier than Pera did. It worked out in her favour but it was not very clean performance once again. She'll need to clean that up before she faces the top players.

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