What's the ruling here?

Yourtenniscoach · Jun 14, 2012

Experienced something last night in a match that I've never encountered in 17 years of tennis! I wasn't sure what to here so I gave him the point. What's the correct ruling here:

I was serving the ball and my opponent was putting some rediculous backspin on his return (in part because he really didn't know how to hit a ball properly). He once put such rediculous backspin on the ball that it hit the ground and before I could get to the ball it bounced back over the net. Had it either continued on its normal path or even just died I would have been able to get there but the way this happend I wasn't able to even have a chance at the ball.

Is this just his point? Curious how it should be scored. I've never seen anything like this before.

dizzlmcwizzl · Jun 14, 2012

Yourtenniscoach said:
Experienced something last night in a match that I've never encountered in 17 years of tennis! I wasn't sure what to here so I gave him the point. What's the correct ruling here:

I was serving the ball and my opponent was putting some rediculous backspin on his return (in part because he really didn't know how to hit a ball properly). He once put such rediculous backspin on the ball that it hit the ground and before I could get to the ball it bounced back over the net. Had it either continued on its normal path or even just died I would have been able to get there but the way this happend I wasn't able to even have a chance at the ball.

Is this just his point? Curious how it should be scored. I've never seen anything like this before.

His point ... although had you been able to get to it you could have hit it even after it crossed the net provided you did not touch his court.

jonnythan · Jun 14, 2012

Straight up his point. The ball bounced on your side of the net and then hit the ground again before you touched it. Remember it doesn't matter what it hits once it hits in bounds on your side - the point is his when it hits the netpost, the side fence, your tennis bag, or his side of the court.

cknobman · Jun 14, 2012

His point.

Once the ball touches your court you must make legal contact with it and it must land in the other opponents court otherwise you loose point.

Cindysphinx · Jun 14, 2012

That must have been some serve.

So. Out with it. Did you win the match?

RadicalMPfan · Jun 14, 2012

If you hit the ball after it bounces back to the opponents courts, can you balance your self with your racquet on the other side?(without touching the net of course)

dizzlmcwizzl · Jun 14, 2012

RadicalMPfan said:
If you hit the ball after it bounces back to the opponents courts, can you balance your self with your racquet on the other side?(without touching the net of course)

no ... neither you nor your equipment can touch the opponents playing surface or the net.

jonnythan · Jun 14, 2012

dizzlmcwizzl said:
no ... neither you nor your equipment can touch the opponents playing surface or the net.

Imagine lobbing back a very wide shot from outside the net and then rushing forward to play the return from right in front of your opponent.

Loose Cannon · Jun 14, 2012

Had a guy that did this in HS a few times.....

It was called 'Ancient Chinese Spin'

Yourtenniscoach · Jun 14, 2012

Cindysphinx said:
That must have been some serve.

So. Out with it. Did you win the match?

Lost 1-6, 7-6, 4-6

What's the ruling here?

Yourtenniscoach

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