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The Guardian - UK
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Tumaini Carayol at Melbourne Park

Jodie Burrage ‘in a good spot’ despite Australian Open defeat by Coco Gauff

Jodie Burrage returns a shot during her second round match against Coco Gauff at the Australian Open.
Jodie Burrage served for the second set against Coco Gauff before losing the final four games of the match. Photograph: Fred Lee/Getty Images

Jodie Burrage believes she is “only just getting started” after successfully returning to grand slam competition following a long injury layoff. The British player leaves Melbourne full of confidence after being extremely competitive with Coco Gauff in her 6-3, 7-5 second-round defeat against the third seed at the Australian Open on Wednesday.

“I’m going to take a lot of confidence from the fact that she’s No 3 in the world,” Burrage said. “I felt like I didn’t have a great start. Then I got myself back into it. The game that she broke me, I gave it to her a little bit with those volley [errors]. I’m there with her and I felt like I was in that.

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