MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s a young woman who looks a lot like Coco Gauff at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open. She has the same fiery, competitive eyes, the same tendency to break out in a giggle in the middle of a sentence and the same number of titles.

Coco Gauff has made improvements to her serving and her forehand. And the strides in both of those areas are among the reasons she's considered one of the few women ready to challenge two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the title at the Australian Open.

World No.3 Coco Gauff, one of the most in-form players ahead of the Australian Open, says she's feeling no pressure ahead of the first Grand Slam tournament of 2025.

Given everything she has already achieved in her fledgling career – and the weight of expectation she has borne as one of tennis’ rising superstars – it’s sometimes easy to forget that Coco Gauff is still only 20 years old.

After a disappointing US Open, Coco Gauff made changes to her game and her coaching staff. The results have been undeniable.

The No. 3 seed Gauff committed at least one double fault in seven of her nine service games, yet was only broken once in a meeting of the two most recent American major champions.

Legendary tennis coach Rick Macci has declared that the world No 1 ranking is “around the corner” for Coco Gauff ahead of the American’s Australian Open campaign. Macci, who coached tennis legend Serena Williams,