PARIS, France — Coco Gauff wins the first solo match of her Olympic debut in straight sets, beating Australia's Ajla Tomljanović without ceding a single game.
Gauff, 20, will advance to the next round, furthering her quest to add an Olympic gold medal to her arsenal of trophies.
In a doubles match and paired with Jessica Pegula, the United States' female flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony on Friday, the combo defeated Australia's Daria Saville and Ellen Perez 6-3, 6-1.
Gauff cemented her stardom by winning the U.S. Open singles title last September, and just last month, She won the French Open doubles title with Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.
Gauff missed the Tokyo Games after testing positive for COVID-19 right before she was supposed to fly to Japan three years ago, so her first Olympic win was undoubtedly a huge sigh of relief for the 20-year-old.
