Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek dedicate Australian Open wins to Los Angeles

Coco Gauff is through to the second round in Mekbourne (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)

Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek used their first-round victories at the Australian Open to send messages of support to California amid the devastating wildfires.

American Gauff wrote ‘Stay strong LA. Thank you firefighters’ on the camera lens after her 6-3 6-3 victory over Sofia Kenin, while Swiatek put ‘Sending my love to Malibu and LA’.