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As Aryna Sabalenka stepped up to the baseline for her Australian Open second-round match against Wang Xiynu of China, it did not take her long to realise this would be yet another day without her serve.
The double faults came immediately and with great variety: slightly long, barely wide, back fence, photo pit. She served six in her opening service game and she had nine after her second. So predictable were her troubles, the stats keepers were ready: at one point in the first set Sabalenka had attempted 117 second serves in 2022; 57 had ended in a double fault.