http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25396610/ By Tracy Austin NBC Sports updated 12:41 p.m. ET June 27, 2008 It went really wrong for Sharapova and there’s no mystery as to why. Her serve was the culprit. The serve is the most essential element to win on grass and the problems Sharapova had with her serve were great enough for her to shockingly fall to Kudryavtseva, who is ranked No. 154. Austin 认为，发球失常是这个惨败的罪魁祸首。 Sharapova double faulted eight times and that’s just unacceptable for a player of her talent. A perfect example of a weapon that wouldn’t work was her serving three double faults to lose a game and go down 4-2 in the first set. 全场八次双误，还因此丢掉关键局数。 Her troubles against Kudryavtseva were reminiscent of last year when she would struggle with her serve and then a lack of confidence would start to seep into the rest of her game. 让人想起去年她发球状况出问题时，开始打击她的信心，也影响到 球技其他层面。 It’s particularly interesting that except for this year’s Australian Open which she won, Sharapova has not even reached the quarterfinals in four of her last five majors. And it’s important to point out that her big weapon in Australia was her serve, which was top-notch Down Under. 近五个大满贯有四个没打进八强，唯一打进的、还夺冠的澳网，就 正好是发球状态顶尖时。 This year began really well for Sharapova as she won three titles -- the Australian Open and Doha on hard courts and then the first clay success of her career at Amelia Island. She also reached the semifinals at Indian Wells and Rome so there have been significant periods when she’s been playing well. But sometimes her serve really lets her down. What I believe is the problem with it when it does go south is that ’s when Sharapova is not rotating her body as she should when serving. She starts serving on the side but instead of moving her body forward so that her navel is facing the net, she remains in a sideway stance. 今年开季状况很好，但发球不时会给她麻烦，Austin 觉得是动作出 了问题。 Sharapova worked on her serve between the French Open and Wimbledon with Phil Dent when she was home in California. Dent is someone she has consulted with periodically in regards to her serve ever since she was 15-or-16 years old. The fact that she went over to see Dent during the time between the French Open and Wimbledon signifies to me that she knows she is having a problem with her serve. She’s trying to fix it but obviously it isn’t fixed yet. 法网跟温网间，她回加州找合作多年的 Phil Dent，莎娃从十五六 岁开始寻求他协助发球的部分。莎娃这时去找 Phil Dent，显见她 自知发球的问题，只是显然没来的及修正。 And as we all have seen before with Sharapova if her serve goes, it drains her confidence and starts affecting other shots in her arsenal, most notably her forehand, which she starts pulling up on. 一直以来，莎娃的发球要是不管用，就会影响她的信心，以及其他 武器，最明显的是正拍。 While Sharapova served her way out of the All-England Club, Kudryavtseva deserves credit for playing the match of her young life against her fellow Russian. In recent weeks Kudryavtseva lost in the first round of Eastbourne and Birmingham and she also lost in the first round at the Australian Open and French Open so her results of late have been far from stellar. --

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