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Why can't the women serve?

By Kamakshi Tandon
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 7, 2009

Editor's note: This is an updated version of a story originally published by ESPN.com on Aug. 26, 2009. In the madness pervading the women's draw during the first week of the U.S. Open, there has been a common link: the serve. Or rather, the lack thereof. Top seed Dinara Safina hit nine double faults during her third-round loss on Saturday night, bringing her total to a tournament-leading 35. That's the equivalent of almost nine games, continuing a recent pattern of trouble in an area she ...

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