MELBOURNE, Australia – Coco Gauff, mai lamba 3 a gasar, ta ci gaba a zagaye na biyu na gasar Australian Open ta 2025 bayan ta doke Jodie Burrage daga Biritaniya da ci 6-3, 7-5. Gauff, wacce ta lashe Grand Slam daya a baya, ta nuna karfin ta a wasan da ta yi da Burrage, wadda ba ta samu lamba ba a gasar.
Gauff, mai shekaru 20, bata taba rasa set a gasar ba, inda ta ci Sofia Kenin a zagaye na farko da ci 6-3, 6-3. A wasan da ta yi da Burrage, Gauff ta yi wasa mai kyau, musamman a set na farko, amma ta sha wahala kadan a set na biyu kafin ta kammala wasan.
“Na yi farin cikin samun nasara a wannan wasa,” in ji Gauff bayan wasan. “Burrage ta yi wasa mai kyau, amma na yi kokari na kare matsayina.”
Gauff zata fuskanta Leylah Fernandez, mai lamba 30, a zagaye na uku. Fernandez ta yi wasa mai kyau a gasar, inda ta ci gaba a zagaye na biyu. Gauff da Fernandez sun hadu kwanaki kadan da suka wuce a gasar United Cup, inda Gauff ta ci nasara da ci 6-3, 6-2.
Fernandez, mai shekaru 22, ta kasance ta kai wasan karshe na US Open a shekarar 2021, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Emma Raducanu. Ta yi fatan samun nasara a kan Gauff a wasan na gaba.
Gauff, wadda aka zata daya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasan da za su iya lashe gasar, ta nuna cewa tana da burin lashe Grand Slam na biyu a rayuwarta. “Ina kokarin yin aiki a kowane wasa kuma ina fatan ci gaba da samun nasara,” ta kara da cewa.
