Tennis

Tennis Rules
A. The player who delivers the ball to start the point is called the server. The player who stands opposite and cross-court from the server is the receiver.

B. The right to serve, receive, choose your side, or give the opponent these choices is decided by a toss of a coin or racquet. If the choice of service or receiver is chosen, the opponent chooses which side to start.

C. The server shall stand behind the baseline on the deuce court within the boundaries of the singles court when playing singles and within the doubles sideline when playing doubles. All even points are played from the deuce court and odd number points played from the advantage court.
D. The receiver is deemed ready if an attempt is made to return the server's ball. The receiver can stand where he likes but must let the ball bounce in the service box. If the ball does not land in the service box, it is deemed a fault and a second serve is given.

E. The server always calls his score first. If the server wins the first point, he gets a score of 15. Scoring is done like a clock. The second point is called 30. The third point is called 45 and game is won when the score goes back to love. If the score is 40-40, one side must win by two points.

F. After the game, the opponents serve. The first to win 6 games, by two, wins the set. The first to win 2 sets wins the match. If the score is 6-6, a tie-breaker is played. The first team to score 7 points winning by two wins the set. The tiebreaker continues until one side wins by two.

G. If the ball goes into the net, or outside the boundaries of the court, the player who hit that ball loses the point. If the ball hits the net during the point and goes into the opponents’ court, the ball is in play.

H. A let is called during the point if a ball rolls on the court or there is a distraction from someone besides the players on the court.

I. A ball that lands on the line is good.

J. If players serve out of turn or serve to the wrong person or court, the point or game will stand and order will be resumed following the point or game.