Australian Open 2020: 15-year-old Coco Gauff beats defending champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets

Unseeded Coco Gauff completed her revenge over reigning champion Naomi Osaka in a stunning-straight sets victory in the round 3 of Australian Open on Friday. The 15-year-old defeated the No.3 seed Osaka 6-3, 6-4 to advance into the Round of 16 at the opening slam of the season.

Courtesy her impressive win over Osaka, Gauff also avenged her heavy defeat coming at the hands of Japanese star in the last year’s US Open. The duo met five months ago in New York, also in round three, then-world number one Osaka crushed the American teenager 6-3, 6-0 in a little over an hour.

But at the Rod Laver Arena on Friday, Gauff showed remarkable calmness and composure to put pressure on Osaka right from the word go. Her big serving, consistent groundstrokes and Osaka’s unforced error count also contributed to American’s advantage.