Svitolina advances in 2021 Australian Open. press conference

Elina Svitolina toughed out a second-round showdown against Coco Gauff to earn a 6-4 6-3 victory in an hour and 17 minutes under a closed roof on Rod Laver Arena on Thursday night.

I'm just going to embrace the opportunity and try to play well under the pressure,” Gauff, pursuing a career-third top 10 win, said earlier this week. 

"This is only my second Australian Open, so I mean, I'm just going out there and having fun,” added the teen prodigy, who has spent free time in Melbourne honing her mini-golf game. 

“Obviously you want to do as well or even better than the year before, but I try not to think about it and just take it one match at a time.”