Coco Gauff confirms she has been trying to implement technical changes to her service and that’s why she has been inconsistent on her serve throughout the clay season.
So far, Gauff hasn’t had a particularly great clay season as she suffered a Stuttgart quarterfinal loss to Marta Kostyuk before also exiting the Madrid Open in the round-of-16. In both tournaments, Gauff was struggling on her serve and that played a part in her exits.
In Rome, Gauff’s inconsistent serving continued but she has managed to reach the quarterfinal following a 5-7 6-4 6-1 win over Paula Badosa on Monday. Against Badosa, Gauff hit 11 double faults and lost her serve five times but still managed to end on the winning side after she clinched a total of seven breaks.
A match earlier, Gauff had 15 double faults in a 6-1 0-6 6-3 win over Jaqueline Cristian.
“Yeah, I’ve been working on it. I think today, even though the double-faults were there, I think it was still a better performance than it was last night,” Gauff said.
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