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<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\">Coco Gauff\u2019s<\/a> serving nightmares are showing no sign of ending, as she threw in 11 double faults in her latest match at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p>After she was f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wta-rankings-alex-eala-set-break-top-30-ailing-coco-gauff-retires\">orced to retire from her match against Alex Eala in Indian Wells last week<\/a>, the French Open champion was a long way short of her best as she fought back to beat Italy\u2019s Elisabetta Cocciaretto 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff struggled throughout the match and was a break behind in the final set before battling back to beat an opponent who got the better of her in Qatar last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe takes the ball so early, you don\u2019t have a lot of time to react,\u201d said Gauff. \u201cOnce I got adjusted to the tempo, I felt like I could control the rallies when they went longer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast time we played I didn\u2019t win, so I wanted to overcome that feeling. This week made me realise how much I love this sport. Even when it\u2019s tough, I enjoy the ups and downs of the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wta-rankings-how-coco-gauff-can-overtake-iga-swiatek-after-shock-defeat\">WTA Rankings: How Coco Gauff can overtake Iga Swiatek after Pole\u2019s shock defeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/gauff-backs-sabalenka-eala-fonseca-star-treatment-medvedev-third-best-player-miami-open-roundup\">Gauff backs Sabalenka, Eala &amp; Fonseca star treatment, Medvedev \u2018third-best player\u2019: Miami Open roundup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a far from convincing performance from Gauff, with her serving problems highlighted by one second serve that hit the top of her frame and nearly landed in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>There were gasps of despair at times from the sparse crowd in attendance as some of Gauff\u2019s serves landed well short and her remodelled forehand also looked a little dijoined at times.<\/p>\n<p>Her battling qualities shone through as she found a way to win, with former world No 4 and 1997 US Open finalist Greg Rusedski suggesting her serving problems are now a mental problem rather than a technical issue.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@offcourtwithgreg\">Off Court with Greg Rusedski podcast,<\/a> one of the great servers in tennis in the 1990s offered up some candid views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s more mental now because everybody\u2019s talking about it,\u201d said Rusedski. \u201cSometimes when you have a weakness in your game, everybody\u2019s talking about serve, serve. For me it was return, return, return of serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat gets into your psyche and then you start thinking about it and trying too hard and then it takes away from the rest of your game. So what she has to do is yes, keep working on the serve, stop talking about it and just keep on improving the rest of your other parts of your game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rusedski is surprised the serving problems have not been solved by Gauff, as he claimed the issues were not hugely challenging to iron out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019s not a huge change with the throwing position and getting the timing and getting the balance, but it\u2019s also a mindset towards it and mentally getting over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like Aryna Sabalenka. She has the same serving coach that Sabalenka had she said, look, I\u2019m going to take ownership of this and I\u2019m going to take responsibility of my own serve. Great to have this guy helping me out, but at end of the day, it comes down to me under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s what Coco\u2019s got to get back to because mentally she won the French Open last year in a hurricane and just mentally staying there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-backs-aryna-sabalenka-world-no-1-slams-ridiculous-comments-dubai-chief\">Coco Gauff backs Aryna Sabalenka after world No 1 slams \u2018ridiculous\u2019 comments from Dubai chief<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Gauff\u2019s serving nightmare continues in tight Miami Open battle Kevin Palmer 21 Mar 2026 12:25 AM A disappointed Coco Gauff reacts during her match Coco Gauff\u2019s serving nightmares are showing no sign of ending, as she threw in 11 double faults in her latest match at the Miami Open. 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