Coco Gauff has tried to edge ahead in the psychological battle ahead of her match with Emma Raducanu.
Both players secured convincing first round victories at the Australian Open to set up what will be their very first encounter. The teen defeated Kateřina Siniaková 6-1, 6-4, while the British number one beat German star Tamara Korpatsch 6-3, 6-2.
Given her ranking and form of late, Gauff, who is ranked 70 places ahead of Raducanu and claimed her most recent WTA title in Auckland last week, explained the amount of pressure on the shoulders of the 2021 US Open champion is considerably higher from her perspective.
