Emma Raducanu – Reuters/Hannah McKay
08:31 AM
Raducanu 1-3 Gauff* (*denotes subsequent server)
Raducanu will get Gauff on the run however cannot hold her forehand in play, 0-15. Brilliant cross-court backhand winner by Gauff, 0-30.
Raducanu goes for it with a forehand however pushes it lengthy, three break factors.
Raducanu saves the primary. But not the second as Raducanu locations a backhand into the online.
Gauff breaks.
08:26 AM
Raducanu* 1-2 Gauff (*denotes subsequent server)
Chance for Raducanu right here as Gauff places one other forehand lengthy, 15-30. Raducanu goes on the assault and attracts the error from Gauff, two break factors.
First ace of the match by Gauff to save lots of the primary. A terrific second serve into the physique from Gauff and Raducanu nets a forehand return.
Back-to-back returns into the online by Raducanu and Gauff holds.
08:23 AM
Latest replace from Simon Briggs on Rod Laver Arena
It’s weirdly hazy in Rod Laver Arena, possibly the results of the pre-session present which had a rustic singer warming up the group. Did he have a smoke machine? You have to see to see the ball.
08:23 AM
Raducanu 1-1 Gauff* (*denotes subsequent server)
Double fault on the opening level for Raducanu. Nerves? She then sprays a forehand effectively lengthy, 0-30.
Brave second serve by Raducanu results in a return into the online by Gauff. Backhand into the tramlines from Gauff, 30-30.
First extended rally and Raducanu comes out on high as Gauff goes lengthy with a forehand, 40-30.
And Raducanu survives that scare to carry when Gauff places one other forehand lengthy.
Australian Open 2023 stay: Emma Raducanu vs Coco Gauff rating and newest match updates – REUTERS
08:18 AM
First set: Emma Raducanu* 0-1 Coco Gauff (*denotes subsequent server)
Early signal of Gauff’s energy as she forces Raducanu to internet within the first two factors.
Raducanu will get her first level of the match when Gauff nets a backhand, 40-15. But the 18-year-old holds when Raducanu nets a backhand.
08:14 AM
Coin toss
Raducanu wins it and opts to obtain serve. She likes to do this, placing the onus on her opponent.
08:09 AM
Here we go!
The two gamers stroll onto courtroom. Raducanu is the primary on, nonetheless along with her left ankle strapped. Gauff follows, carrying headphones.
Story continues
Plenty of empty seats on RLA, hopefully, it’ll refill quickly.
08:06 AM
First match on Rod Laver Arena…
… for Raducanu. How will she react to enjoying on one of many world’s greatest courts?
07:58 AM
John McEnroe on Raducanu
It will most likely be the primary time in a few years the place Emma Raducanu will not be feeling the kind of stress she’s been feeling since she received the US Open.
So that is most likely a very good factor, to permit her to be extra free and do her factor, as a result of to me she’s the kind of participant, the kind of particular person and the kind of expertise that we might use within the high 10. I believe Coco is within the higher place proper now to make a deep run and I believe it’ll be quickly that she’s going to win a serious occasion, within the subsequent yr or two on the most. To me she goes in as a heavy favorite.
She appears to be enjoying higher and higher and serving extra constantly than she has accomplished. I’d say that it is a match she ought to win, however a match that would put Raducanu again on the map once more, which might be good for her.
Australian Open 2023 stay: Emma Raducanu vs Coco Gauff rating and newest match updates – GETTY IMAGES
07:50 AM
ICYMI: Nadal is out of the Australian Open
Overnight one of many greatest upsets of the match happened as an injured Rafael Nadal was overwhelmed in three units by world No 65 Mackenzie McDonald in Melbourne.
Read Simon Briggs match report right here.
emma raducanu vs coco gauff australian open 2023 stay rating updates – SHUTTERSTOCK
07:35 AM
Good morning
Hello and welcome to a mouthwatering showdown on the Australian Open between two of the most effective younger gamers.
Emma Raducanu takes on Coco Gauff for a spot within the third spherical after each eased via their opening match in Melbourne
This time final yr, Raducanu was enjoying at her peak and driving a wave of unprecedented success after breaking via in 2021 and clinching the U.S. Open whereas Gauff was making strides and reaching the second week of Grand Slams.
But Raducanu failed to search out consistency final yr as she was ravaged by accidents and underwent a number of teaching adjustments to fall to 77th within the rankings, whereas Gauff reached her first Grand Slam last at Roland Garros and now sits at quantity seven.
Gauff and Raducanu are seen because the torch-bearers of a brand new period of ladies’s tennis following the retirements of Ash Barty and Serena Williams, with the organisers scheduling their conflict for the prime-time slot within the evening session at Rod Laver Arena.
Such is their star attraction at such a younger age that high seeds Iga Swiatek and defending champion Rafa Nadal’s matches have been relegated to the day session.
“I’m actually trying ahead to this match, I’m very up for it. Coco has clearly accomplished quite a lot of nice issues and she or he’s enjoying effectively,” stated Raducanu, who overcame an ankle problem to advance.
“She’s a fantastic athlete with some huge weapons… I believe we’re each good, younger gamers, we’re each coming via, a part of the subsequent era of tennis actually. It’s going to be a fantastic match.”
While the whole hopes of a nation relaxation on Raducanu because the lone Briton left within the ladies’s draw, Gauff stated she shouldn’t be beneath the identical stress because the 20-year-old with a number of Americans in Melbourne to share the load.
“Being from the U.Ok., the primary British particular person to do one thing in a very long time, most likely is much more stress than what I’m used to being an American,” 18-year-old Gauff stated.
