Coco Gauff earns 75th major victory, advances to Australian Open 2nd round

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It's hard to believe that 21-year old Coco Gauff is competing in her seventh Australian Open.

But the third-seeded player in the world is doing just that and, despite some serving issues early, dispatched of Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-2, 6-3 in one hour, 39 minutes in warm Melbourne conditions.

Gauff reached a pair of milestones with the victory. She rec