Because nowadays players have such powerful attack that you normally don't want to be on the defensive right from the start. By doing a forehand serve, you are basically open to so many attacking shots, but by doing a backhand serve, the options to "attack" are very much limited and in my opinion it is much easier to get back the attack.
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