Coco Gauff overcomes serving woes to reach Australian Open second round

Coco Gauff struggled with her serve but still won her opening match at the Australian Open - (AP)

Third seed Coco Gauff overcame familiar serving woes to defeat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 in her opening match at the Australian Open on Monday.

Despite her two Grand Slam titles, Gauff has yet to progress beyond the semi-finals at Melbourne Park, having been knocked out in the quarter-finals last year.