Deuce rules
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Jim Martin Asked 6 years ago
Say the score is 9/10, my opponents favor, and I just got the serve (so still two serves per player).
I win the point of my first serve, so it’s 10 up (deuce). Does deuce start immediately and the next serve goes to my opponent (so I don’t get my second serve), or do I get to serve once more and then serves alternate one serve each player (per deuce rule) until the end of the game?
Alois Rosario Answered 6 years ago
Hi Jim,
This situation would not occur because in a game you change serve after the first two points and then every two points after that. So it would be a natural change of serve at 10 all. Then you change serve every point after that.
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Jim Martin Posted 6 years ago
Silly me- that’s true, so at 10-10 there would always be a serve change anyway. It was a hypothetical question, but we didn’t think about it enough to realize. Thanks!