Guillermo Coria's Serve

I'd like to thank the reporter who repeatedly asked Guillermo Coria (politely) all about his service problems during Coria's Monte Carlo press conference today.  I thought Coria was quite calm and open in addressing the issue.

Q. You made 23 double-faults. Has that happened to you before?

GUILLERMO CORIA: Yes, it happened to me in Australia against Grosjean. But whatever the number of double-faults, be it 15 or 20, it doesn't matter. The problem is rather to remain concentrated and to remain calm; then, I will be able to make less double-faults. When I will be serving well, the double-faults will not be so important. I was able to win in spite of my bad serve, so this gives me confidence for future matches.

Since I had surgery on my shoulder, I cannot hope to serve as well as I did before, but I'm still working on that shot and what I need is confidence. I'm hoping I will be able to serve as good as I played in my first match in Miami where I didn't make any double-faults.

Q. What goes through your mind when you are serving?

GUILLERMO CORIA: What happens to me is that I forget the movement. So what I have to do is remain calm, as I did in the third set where I made less double-faults. In the third set against Mathieu, I also made less double-faults. What is important is to keep concentrating.

Q. What does Higueras say to you about your serve?

GUILLERMO CORIA: He said my technique is good. He said if my technique was bad, I would serve badly all the time, I would be playing the same movement each time and it would turn out bad each time. In fact, what happens is sometimes things turn right and I make no double-faults.

Also, during my practicing I serve well. So what I have to do, he tells me to just think about my movement and not about anything else.

Q. Kiefer said that he never saw a player making so many double-faults except in women's tennis: Kournikova.

GUILLERMO CORIA: But I won the match, I broke his serve more than he broke mine.

Comments

[ancicfan]

I would think that honor would go to Dementieva.

Also...I am looking forward to the Coria vs. Nadal quarterfinal match up. Even if Coria is having difficulty serving and Nadal isn't at his very clay court best this is going to be some interesting tennis, hopefully.