Coco Gauff cruises to first-round win in Australian Open

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Fourth-seeded CoCco Gauff easily advanced to the second round of the Australian Open on Sunday, but a number of lesser seeds were eliminated.

Gauff, who is ranked No. 4 in the world, needed just 61 minutes to put away Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-0. The American had the only three aces of the match, and led in winners 15-2 while Schmiedlova had 27 unforced er