I was playing a match the other day and my opponent hit a ball that hits the net cord and bounds a few feet up. It then bounces within a foot of the net and then bounces over the height of the net and bounces for the second time on my side of the court. I'm pretty sure the first bounce was on my opponent's side but he thought it was on my side. Neither of us were 100% sure (he had gotten turned around and was still recovering, my head was bouncing as I was running into the net) on the call. We ended up replaying the point, but what would have happened if both sides were adamant that the ball bounced on their opponent's side first?
What happens if players can't agree which side of the net a ball lands on?
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Cindysphinx
G.O.A.T.
I believe I get to make all calls on shots aimed at my side.
So you get to make the call.
Now, just to mess with your head, I’ll add that you have to give benefit of the doubt to your opponent, so he wins the point.
Or if you are not sure, you can ask for opponent’s help, but you must accept his answer, since he doesn’t know either, you must call it good.
Rules are fun!
So you get to make the call.
Now, just to mess with your head, I’ll add that you have to give benefit of the doubt to your opponent, so he wins the point.
Or if you are not sure, you can ask for opponent’s help, but you must accept his answer, since he doesn’t know either, you must call it good.
Rules are fun!
time_fly
Hall of Fame
I have seen balls with extreme backspin bounce backwards from the receiver's side of the net to the original hitter's side of the net. I have never seen a ball hop forwards over the net after hitting the net and landing on the court. But to answer your question, since the ball is coming to your side of the court, you get to make the call but should give the opponent the benefit of the doubt.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
The only way I can see it bouncing on his side and then bouncing over the net to your side is if it had extreme TS. Anything less and if the ball landed on his side initially, it would have stayed on that side.
As the receiver, you get to call in/out. But I've never seen this applied to over/not over the net. I guess I agree with the others about it being your call but you should give the benefit of the doubt to your opponent.
esgee48
G.O.A.T.
The only net cords where the ball can be called in are those that contimue to travel forward after clipping the net and land in legally. I have seen many balls clip the net and go straight up and backwards. Those will never go over the net on the fly. Since you will not get to the ball anyway, you might as well stop and look to see where the ball lands and call it in, not over or out. Even with extreme TS, the ball will still exhibit this behavior of rebounding backwards unless it crawls over the net cord.
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
I'm pretty sure the physics are all wrong on this. If a ball had enough Topspin to bounce forward , it would have had enough topspin to hit the net cord and propel itself froward into your court. To hit the net cord and bounce back into your court would have meant almost all the topspin would have been eliminated from the ball. Certainly not enough to propel it back over the net.
In any event, replay the point as a let if you are both unsure (or both sure of opposite things). I don't think line call rules apply in situations where the ball could have bounced in either court.
In any event, replay the point as a let if you are both unsure (or both sure of opposite things). I don't think line call rules apply in situations where the ball could have bounced in either court.
polksio
Semi-Pro
After the second bounce did it keep bouncing further and further into your side of the court? Because if it did, then the first bounce was definitely on his side
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