Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches 3rd round of Australian Open

Canada's Leylah Fernandez won her second round match on Wednesday at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Fernandez, of Laval, Que., defeated Spain's Cristina Bucșa, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The 30th-seeded Canadian now moves on to face No. 3 Coco Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion who has won all seven matches she's played this season.

The American took a straight-sets win over Great Britain's Jodie Burrage, 6-3, 7-5, on Wednesday.

WATCH | Fernandez rallies into the 3rd round of the Australian Open:

Leylah Fernandez rallies into the 3rd round of the Australian Open

Naomi Osaka's second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly have started in a worse way. All of 21 minutes in, she sailed a forehand service return well long and, just like that, trailed 5-0.

Osaka strode to the sideline for the changeover, plopped herself down and draped a white towel over her head, blocking out all sights and leaving her with just her thoughts. She stayed like that throughout the break between games, even manoeuvering a water bottle under that towel to take a drink.

This was not a match against some unknown opponent, someone Osaka knew for sure she could beat. It was against 20th-seeded Karolina Muchova, the runner-up at the 2023 French Open and a three-time semifinalist at other majors, including at Melbourne Park in 2021.

Muchova also had defeated Osaka in their two most recent matchups. None of that mattered on this afternoon, though: Osaka forgot about that disappointing start and came all the way back to win 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday.

What was her mindset? "Just be aware and try not to get so negative on yourself. I think, for me, the score in the first set was very dramatic, but there was key points that I could have maybe won