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Continuous Play in Tennis: Extra Time

Every Wednesday this site contemplates a rule taken sequentially from the ITF Rules of Tennis as contained in the USTA’s Friend at Court. Today’s rule is from the “Continuous Play” section. The general principal underpinning all the rules in this section is that play should be continuous from the moment that the first serve is put into play until the match is completed.