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Sabalenka never settled into any sort of serving rhythm in that first set, hitting four double faults in total and winning 43 percent of her first-serve points against an average of 68 percent in her first six matches at the tournament.
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Since a chastening defeat to Coco Gauff in Toronto in 2022, Sabalenka has completely remade her serve, eliminating the sprees of double faults that used to pepper her matches.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Gauff still struggled with her serve, hitting eleven double faults, and had three times as many errors as winners.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
Zheng, who had got the match back on serve from 0-2 down, received a time violation from umpire Thomas Sweeney before serving two double faults to go down 3-1.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Since a chastening defeat to Coco Gauff in Toronto in 2022, Sabalenka has completely remade her serve, eliminating the sprees of double faults that used to pepper her matches.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Gauff still struggled with her serve, hitting eleven double faults, and had three times as many errors as winners.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
Zheng, who had got the match back on serve from 0-2 down, received a time violation from umpire Thomas Sweeney before serving two double faults to go down 3-1.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Double fault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20fault. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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