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FAC Comment III.B-1: The playing area is the area inside the fences or backstops.
Any designated spectator seating or standing area is not part of the playing area.
5. Default players. The Referee may default a player for cause, which includes,
but is not limited to, tardiness, misconduct, or failure to follow the Referee’s
instructions or those of the Chair Umpire or Roving Umpire.
6. Consider appeals. The Referee rules on appeals from players defaulted by
the Chair Umpire. USTA Regulation IV.E.4. refers to this situation.
FAC Comment III.B-2: The Referee should not reverse the Chair Umpire’s
Default unless there is a compelling reason.
7. Handle infractions observed in non-umpired matches. In non-umpired
matches, the Referee and Deputy Referees may take appropriate action
with respect to any infraction of the ITF Rules of Tennis or USTA
Regulations they observe.
8. Suspend and postpone matches. The Referee may postpone or suspend
play when weather, light, surface conditions, health concerns, safety
concerns, or other circumstances justify so doing. Suspension of a match
because of darkness should be done only at the end of an even number of
games in the set or at the end of a set.
FAC Comment III.B-3: An incomplete match refers to a match that was started
but not completed. It is anticipated that the match will be completed. The Referee
shall record the time and score when the match was stopped, who was serving
and from which side, and the reason for the interruption.
9. Determine ball change pattern. The Referee determines the ball-change
pattern subject to the right of the Chair Umpire to order a ball change at other
than the normal time when in the Chair Umpire’s opinion abnormal conditions
warrant so doing.
10. Assign and replace Umpires. The Referee appoints and replaces or
reassigns, when necessary, Roving Umpires, Chair Umpires, Line Umpires,
and Net Umpires. The Referee shall not remove an Umpire from a match
because of a player’s request. These duties may be delegated to the Chief
Umpire, if there is one.
11. Decide questions of law. The Referee decides any question of law that a
Chair Umpire is unable to decide or that is referred to the Referee as an
appeal by a player. The Referee’s decision in these cases shall be final.
See Appendix V, Case 1 of ITF Rules of Tennis and USTA Comment V.1.
12. Appoint Deputy Referee. The Referee or Tournament Committee shall appoint
a Deputy Referee to act as the Referee whenever the Referee will be away
from the Referee’s normal post and out of touch with it for any reason
whatsoever, including participation in a match as a player or as an official.
Either the Referee or Deputy Referee shall be present during play.
13. Permit special grass court shoes. When playing on grass the Referee may
permit the use of special grass court shoes.
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