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A nervous Gauff was beaten 6-3 6-0 by Japan's
Osaka in the third round of the U.S. Open last year but the
15-year-old said after her three-set victory over Romania's
Sorana Cirstea on Wednesday that things would be different.
"I'll be less nervous this time ... (at the) U.S. Open I was
nervous. It was my first time on Arthur Ashe," Gauff, who downed
seven-times Grand Slam winner Venus Williams in her tournament
opener in Melbourne, told a news conference.
"We're both familiar with each other's games. She plays really
aggressive. This time coming in I'm going to be more aggressive
... I think I'm more confident this time around."
World number one Ash Barty will look to continue her strong
start to the tournament but the home hope could face a tricky
third-round test against Hobart International champion Elena
Rybakina in their first meeting.
Roger Federer will play Australian battler John Millman, who
beat him at the 2018 U.S. Open, while Novak Djokovic takes on
Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka for a place in the fourth round.
In other matches, 23-times Grand Slam singles champion Serena
Williams plays China's Wang Qiang, Petra Kvitova meets Ekaterina
Alexandrova and Caroline Wozniacki faces Ons Jabeur.
Among the men, sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas faces the
big-serving Milos Raonic while Marin Cilic meets Roberto
Bautista Agut and Guido Pella plays Fabio Fognini.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison
Williams)
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