No ball that has hit below the net cord has ever legitimately landed in the opponents court for a winning point. It either falls on the ground, goes through or gets stuck. But it will never hop over the net cord. Physics my friend. It is your opponents point.
Technically the point ended because the ball came to rest without landing in your opponents court. Since he made the last successful shot, he wins. Same as if you swung at a ball and had it get stuck in the throat of your racket. Point may not have ended in a traditional fashion but the ball came rest before landing in your opponents court legitimately, so his point.
Not as straight forward as you might think... From Tennis Canada website:
24. PLAYER LOSES POINT
The point is lost if:
a. The player serves two consecutive faults; or
b. The player does not return the ball in play before it bounces twice
consecutively; or
c. The player returns the ball in play so that it hits the ground, or
before it bounces, an object, outside the correct court; or
TC Note: If the player striking the ball hits a scoring device or other
object attached to a net post, he loses the point.
d. The player returns the ball in play so that, before it bounces, it hits
a permanent fixture; or
e. The receiver returns the service before it bounces; or
f. The player deliberately carries or catches the ball in play on the
racket or deliberately touches it with the racket more than once; or
TC Note: Two hits, unintentionally occurring in the course of a single
continuous swing, are not deemed a double hit.
g. The player or the racket, whether in the player’s hand or not, or
anything which the player is wearing or carrying touches the net,
net posts/singles sticks, cord or metal cable, strap or band, or the
opponent’s court at any time while the ball is in play; or
h. The player hits the ball before it has passed the net; or
i. The ball in play touches the player or anything that the player is wearing or carrying, except the racket; or
j. The ball in play touches the racket when the player is not holding it;
or
k. The player deliberately and materially changes the shape of the racket when the ball is in play; or
l. In doubles, both players touch the ball when returning it.
So none of the above criteria is met, in this case. Therefore we are just basing the decision on the assumption the ball would probably have bounced back to my court...
Can anyone cite a real rule to clear the dilemma?
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