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Skipping Forward in the Interest of Continuous Play

Technically the next section up in our steady march through the ITF Rules of Tennis as Published in the USTA Friend at Court is “Role of Court Officials.” That section consists of a single rule which points to the Appendix which contains all the bureaucratic details of court officials. I am going to exercise creative license and defer discussion of that topic until I reach that point in the Appendices.