Britain's Jodie Burrage and Jack Draper are in second-round action as rain stops play on outside courts at Australian Open - follow live.
Jack Draper celebrates the hold with a quick shake of his racquet, while Thanasi Kokkinakis rolls his shoulder with a grimace. That looks to be causing the Australian a bit of bother.What a response this has been. Just as the first set threatened to unravel, the Briton comes roaring back - quite literally.Phew. After a pretty soft second serve, Jack Draper leaps into his forehand and flings the ball onto the line - saving the break point. Deuce.
And the Australian takes advantage, pushing another winner down the line for a the first break point of the match.A huge roar from Jodie Burrage! Big cheers from the crowd too, who want to see the Briton be competitive here. Jack Draper can't reply to Kokkinakis' next two booming forehand hits, but the home favourite allows the Briton to claw his way back with a push into the net. Deuce.A double fault from Gauff gives Jodie Burrage a first point at 30-15 but the third seed quickly extinguishes any hope the Briton has of an immediate response, popping away a forehand before Burrage nets a return.
Thanasi Kokkinakis thinks there's a problem with the ball he's chosen to serve with, so he swaps it out before firing down an ace. No issues with that one, and it's plain sailing from there as he pushes away two forehand winners before Draper finds the net.
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