Gauff on the alert to shape up her serve in Rome

Coco Gauff said on Tuesday she was dedicating training time prior to her second-round start at the WTA Italian Open to cleaning up her serve.

The American third seed was plagued by multiple double-faults in a fourth-round defeat last week to compatriot Madison Keys in Madrid.

And the reigning US Open winner said she plans to fix that delivery problem in Rome before heading to Roland Garros from 26 May.

“I had like 14 double-faults – that’s four or five games,” she said. “(If I) just fix that detail, it will save me.

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“Maybe those matches would turn into winning in straight sets instead of losing in three sets.”