The two youngsters will lock horns in a highly-anticipated second-round match at the Rod Laver Arena after winning their respective opening fixtures in straight sets.
Pegula, who booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open, was asked to pick the winner between Gauff and Raducanu in her post-match press conference. The 28-year-old chose the World No. 7, claiming that she was playing with a lot of experience at the moment.
Pegula added that playing at night would help Gauff as the ball wouldn’t fly as high. She also expressed her doubts about Raducanu’s physicality as the Brit suffered an ankle injury in Auckland earlier this month.
Jessica Pegula also joked that she couldn’t say Coco Gauff was going to lose as she is her doubles partner.
Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu will lock horns for the first time on the WTA Tour
The second-round match at the Australian Open will be the first-ever meeting on the WTA Tour between Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu.
Both players registered straight-set victories in the first round, with Gauff beating Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 6-4 and Raducanu taking down Tamara Korpatsch 6-3, 6-2. The winner of the match will face either 29th seed Qinwen Zheng or Bernarda Pera in the third round of the Australian Open.
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