Tennis-Gauff launches fastest serve - twice - at Wimbledon

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - June 30, 2022 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her second round match against Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu REUTERS/Paul Childs

LONDON (Reuters) - American Coco Gauff made jaws drop as she launched a 122 mile per hour (mph) rocket and 124 mph effort across the net in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday, the fastest serves so far in the women's tournament.

Facing Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu on Centre Court, the 18-year-old phenom forced her opponent into a forehand error to close the fifth game of the first set with the power serve.