koku goof told Nick kioi has nothing to lose as she looks to successfully defend her US Open title on Wednesday night G overcame some early issues to defeat her clash with tat Jan Maria the Americans struggled early with her serve faltering early with the first set tied at 33 Goff earned a crucial break against Maria to take the lead which appeared to help settle her nerves the top ranked American woman had been in a funk she had seven double faults and 20 un Forest errors in the first set however the 20-year old eventually recovered to ease past Maria and straight sets G defeated the German 64 602 keep her title defense alive after securing Victory and advancing to the third round gof was interviewed on court by KY gios when asked by the Australian what the difference is between winning the US Open last year and defending it gof said last week I felt more pressure stepping on the now I have really nothing to lose I'm 20 years old i' have won under my belt I have the potential to do more whether it happens this year or in the future gof is looking to become the first woman to successfully defend the US Open title since Serena Williams who won it three times in a row from 2012 to 2014 she continued to work on her game after the win serving on the outer courts while Lorenzo MTI and may mamava contested their fifth set in the 's bracket when asked why her serve was faltering early against Maria Goff told reporters I felt like my toss was too far in front and I think also when you are playing I think I didn't serve as fast as I normally did in some serves I think I was between the 110s and 115s my last match I was getting almost every serve 120 I think really the mentality if I don't have an aggressive mindset everything kind of goes all over the place I think in the future I just need to serve more aggressively because I think I was playing her I have the thing of just get it in because I knew she wasn't going to hurt me off the return sometimes I think I even serve better against better returners because you know you have to bring your A game I think today I think my toss was too far in front and too low so I was missing a lot of first and second serves last year GF claimed her first major title as she won the US Open to Aid a stunning run of form across the summer the American is now looking to retain her title and faces Ukrainian world number 27 alenas V in the third round on far