Coco Gauff smiles as she obliterates her rivals with her sweeping pace and wins the Australian Open

It only took 63 minutes Cori Gauff to qualify for the quarter-finals Australian Open for the first time in his career. The American, third in the world rankings, was defeated the Polish Magdalena Frech (69th) with a sensational 6-1 and 6-2 e advances at a steady pace in Melbourne Park.

The current US Open champion, 19, dominated her rival from the back of the court at Rod Laver Arena, dictated conditions at every turn and reached the top eight, where wait for the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk or the Russian Maria Timofeeva, from qually.

In nine games played this season, Gauff lost only one set. It was her against Elina Svitolina in the WTA final in Auckland, which she won last week after beating the Ukrainian tennis player 6-7, 6-3 and 6-3.

Furthermore, this Saturday he achieved his 48th Slam victory. Since 1990, only Jennifer Capriati (50) and Serena Williams (49) surpass her as the Americans with the most victories as teenagers in this tournament category.

After the early elimination of world number one Iga Swiatek, Coco reconfirms her label as a candidate for the title and tennis fans are already imagining a semi-final duel against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka who overwhelmed and dreams of defending the title obtained last year.

At the top of the table, meanwhile, the issue is difficult to predict. The young woman Linda Noskova, Swiatek’s nineteen-year-old executioner looms as a threat to the experience of Victoria Azarenka who aspires to win a Slam again after ten years (he won in Australia in 2012 and 2013). Plus there’s Svitolina, who will face Noskova herself in the round of 16.