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WIMBLEDON, England — On the same show court where she made her victorious Wimbledon debut against Venus Williams, 15-year-old Cori Gauff solved an entirely different tennis problem to reach the third round.
She was powerful beyond her years in a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Magdalena Rybarikova on Wednesday evening under a closed roof on the No. 1 Court.
But Gauff, the youngest woman to qualify for Wimbledon in the Open era, was also resourceful and composed beyond her years.
Rybarikova, a 30-year-old Slovakian, has had a rough season. But she is particularly dangerous on grass.