Coco Gauff likes No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. (More Tennis News)
It's where she beat Venus Williams back in 2019 when Gauff made her Wimbledon debut at age 15.
On Wednesday, Gauff beat qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the third round at the All England Club.
바카라This is the court where I first started here at Wimbledon. Court 1 is always a special place for me to play on,바카라 the 20-year-old Gauff said in her on-court interview.
The victory also allows Gauff, the No. 2 seed, to move another step away from last year's first-round exit.
바카라Overall, I just learned about life a lot,바카라 the U.S. Open champion said when asked about putting that three-set loss to Sofia Kenin behind her.
바카라I just realized that, yes, what I do I'm very passionate about, but it's not ever that serious and sometimes the world can make you feel like there's so much pressure, there's so much expectation,바카라 she said. 바카라At the end of the (day), it's a game. It's sport.바카라
The 19-year-old Todoni is from Romania and was making her Grand Slam debut.
바카라I do think I could have played cleaner at some moments," Gauff said.
Five years ago, Gauff beat Williams 바카라 a five-time Wimbledon champion 바카라 6-4, 6-4 in the first round and eventually reached the last 16, all on her Grand Slam debut.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz trailed 6-5 in the first set before coming back to beat Alexsander Vukic 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2, setting up a third-round meeting with No. 29 Frances Tiafoe after the American eliminated Borna Coric 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3.
When told by the on-court interviewer that Tiafoe said he's 바카라coming after you,바카라 the 21-year-old Spaniard replied with a smile: 바카라I'm going for him.바카라
바카라We played a really good match in the U.S. Open,바카라 the No. 3 seed said of their 2022 semifinal that Alcaraz won at Flushing Meadows.
In other results, No. 11 Danielle Collins completed her first-round match 바카라 a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Clara Tauson. It had been suspended Tuesday night at 4-4 in the second set.
No. 20 Beatriz Haddad Maia advanced to the third round by beating Magdalena Frech 7-5, 6-3.
On the men's side, No. 16 Ugo Humbert eliminated Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-3.
