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USTA Comment 9.1: When should the toss be made? The toss should be
made before the warm-up so that the players can warm-up on the same end
from which they play their first game.
10. CHANGE OF ENDS
The players shall change ends at the end of the first, third and every subsequent
odd game of each set. The players shall also change ends at the end of each set unless
the total number of games in that set is even, in which case the players change ends
at the end of the first game of the next set.
During a tie-break game, players shall change ends after every six points.
Additional approved alternative procedures can be found in Appendix IV.
USTA Comment 10.1: Do the players change ends after a 7-Point Tiebreak
is played to decide a set? Yes.
USTA Comment 10.2: When do the players change ends during a
tiebreak that uses the Coman Tiebreak Procedure? The Coman Tiebreak
Procedure is identical to the regular procedure except that the players
change ends after the first point, then after every four points, and at the
conclusion of the tiebreak.
11. BALL IN PLAY
Unless a fault or a let is called, the ball is in play from the moment the server hits
the ball, and remains in play until the point is decided.
USTA Comment 11.1: Is a point decided when a good shot has clearly
passed a player, or when an apparently bad shot passes over the baseline
or sideline? No. A ball is in play until it bounces twice or lands outside the court,
hits a permanent fixture, or hits a player. A ball that becomes embedded in the
net is out of play.
USTA Comment 11.2: Must an out call on a player’s shot to the
opponent’s court be made before the opponent’s return has either gone out
of play or been hit by the first player? Yes.
12. BALL TOUCHES A LINE
If a ball touches a line, it is regarded as touching the court bounded by that line.
USTA Comment 12.1: If a player cannot call a ball out with certainty,
should the player regard the ball as good? Yes. The Code §§ 6 & 8 require
a player to give the opponent the benefit of any doubt.
13. BALL TOUCHES A PERMANENT FIXTURE
If the ball in play touches a permanent fixture after it has hit the correct court,
the player who hit the ball wins the point. If the ball in play touches a permanent
fixture before it hits the ground, the player who hit the ball loses the point.
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