## 22. THE LET DURING A SERVICE 

The service is a let if: 

a. The ball served touches the net, strap or band, and is otherwise good; or, after touching the net, strap or band, touches the receiver or the receiver’s partner or anything they wear or carry before hitting the ground; or 

b. The ball is served when the receiver is not ready. 

In the case of a service let, that particular service shall not count, and the server shall serve again, but a service let does not cancel a previous fault. 

Additional approved alternative procedures can be found in Appendix V. 

## 23. THE LET 

In all cases when a let is called, except when a service let is called on a second service, the whole point shall be replayed. 

Ca se 1: When the ball is in play, another ball rolls onto court. A let is called. The server had previously served a fault. Is the server now entitled to a first service or second service? 

Decision: First service. The whole point must be replayed. 

## 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 

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 

g. The player or the racket, whether in the player’s hand or not, or anything 

