This article was originally published on www.si.com as What Coco Gauff Is Doing to Fix Her Serve at the U.S. Open.

To hit a topspin serve, the strings have to brush up the back of the ball at an angle from 7 to 1 o’clock for right-handers (for a full kick serve, righties will brush from 8 to 2 o’clock).

But while Perricard is nonchalant about his superior delivery, there is a science behind what makes his technique so successful. Former tennis player and sports scientist Mark Kovacs has dedicated ...

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