Gauff 倒れるs Venus again at Australian Open
Six months after her shocking upset of Venus Williams in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する at Wimbledon, 15-year-old Coco Gauff repeated the feat with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 勝利，勝つ over the former world No. 1 in the 開始 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne.
The youngest player in the field struck 17 勝利者s and only 直面するd two break points (saving one) against the 39-year-old Williams, the oldest in the field.
After taking the opener on her fourth 始める，決める point, Gauff broke Williams 早期に in the second 始める，決める and の近くにd out the match in one hour and 40 minutes.
"My 使節団 is to be the greatest," Gauff said. "That's my goal, to 勝利，勝つ as many Grand 激突するs as possible.
"But for today, my 使節団 was to 勝利，勝つ. I didn't want to let the 神経s come to me. I know I had a couple 始める，決める points, and she played 井戸／弁護士席. I knew I had to take it from her. She wasn't going to give it to me. That was really the 使節団."
Williams, a seven-time Grand 激突する （テニスなどの）シングルス 支持する／優勝者 and two-time finalist at the Australian Open, was playing her first match since October.
"She just played really 井戸／弁護士席 and really 焦点（を合わせる）d," Williams said. "She 明確に wants it, 作品 very hard, is 極端に 円熟した for her age. I think the sky's the 限界 for her."
Gauff's second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 対抗者 is Romania's Sorana Cirstea, a 6-2, 7-6 (5) 勝利者 against No. 32 seed Barbora Strycova of the Czech 共和国.
Other first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 勝利者s Monday 含むd defending 支持する／優勝者 Naomi Osaka of Japan, 23-time major 支持する／優勝者 Serena Williams, and 最高の，を越す-階級d and 最高の，を越す-seeded 地元の favorite Ashleigh Barty.
Osaka, the No. 3 seed, saved five of six break points and served seven エースs in a 6-2, 6-4 敗北・負かす of the Czech 共和国's Marie Bouzkova. The eighth-seeded Williams, a seven-time 支持する／優勝者 here, opened with a 6-0, 6-3 勝利，勝つ against 18-year-old Anastasia Potapova of Russia. Barty overcame a 不振の start for a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over ウクライナ共和国's Lesia Tsurenko.
Other seeded players advancin g 含むd No. 7 Petra Kvitova of the Czech 共和国, No. 13 Petra Martic of Croatia, No. 14 Sofia Kenin and No. 25 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia.
In other 活動／戦闘, 中国's Shuai Zhang 除去するd No. 24 seed Sloane Stephens 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and 2018 Australian Open champ Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who is retiring after this event, 敗北・負かすd Kristie Ahn 6-1, 6-3.
--Field Level マスコミ
