Seventh seed Coco Gauff of the United States defeated Croatian-born American Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-2 in the third round of the 2023 Australian Open.
Conversion of just one of eight break points was enough for Gauff to cruise through the opening set. Just like in the first set, Gauff established a 4-1 lead in the second set, but this time it was a double break lead, and even though Pera managed to earn one break back, the world No.41 couldn’t recover completely. Actually, Gauff broke her once more and held serve in the long eighth game to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open for the second time.