MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff had a little difficulty adjusting to the sun at one end of Rod Laver Arena and dropped an early service game but quickly settled into a rhythm to start her Australian Open a 6-3, 6-3 win Monday over 2020 champion Sofia Kenin.

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.

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.

The Big Three is down to just Novak Djokovic , who stands alone from a golden generation of men’s tennis now that Rafael Nadal has joined Roger Federer in retirement . The Australian Open , which started Sunday (Saturday night EST),

Novak Djokovic is currently preparing for the Australian Open, where he will bid to win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title.

All of the attention will be on Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic's new partnership in the next fortnight at the Australian Open as the Scot named his all-time greatest tennis player