1957-58

55
8
LAWN TENNIS
33•
The "order of serving shall be decided at the beginning of
each set as follows : The pair who have to serve in the first game
of each set shall decide which partner shall do so and the opposing
pair shall decide similarly for the second game. The partner of
the player who served in the first game shall serve in the third ; the
partner of the player who served in the second game shall serve in
the fourth, and so on in the same order in all the subsequent games
of a set.
34• The order of receiving service shall be decided at the begin-
ning of each set as follows: The pair who have to receive the service
in the first game shall decide which partner shall receive the first
service and that partner shall continue to receive the first service in
every odd game throughout that set.
The opposing pair shall likewise decide which partner shall receive
the first service in the second game and that partner shall continue
to receive the first service in every even game throughout that set.
Partners shall receive the service alternately throughout each game.
35•
If a partner serve out of his turn, the partner .who ought to
have served shall serve as soon as the mistake is discovered, but
all points scored, and any faults served before such discovery, shall
be reckoned. If a game shall have been completed before such
discovery, the order of service remains as altered.
36. If during a game the order of receiving the service is changed
by the receivers it shall remain as altered until the end of the game
in which the mistake is discovered; but the partners shall resume
their original order of receiving in the next game of that set in which
they are receivers of the service.
37.
The service is a fault as provided for by Rule 9, or if the
ball served touch the Server's partner or anything which he wears
or carries ; but if the ball served touch the partner of the Receiver
or anything which he wears or carries, not being a let under Rule
13
(a), before it hits the ground, the Server wins the point.
38. The ball shall be struck alternately by one or other player
of the opposing pairs, and if a player touches the ball in play with
his racket in contravention of this rule, his opponents win the point.
APPENDIX
Regulations for Making Tests Specified in
Rule 3
(i) Unless otherwise specified all tests shall be made at a tem-
perature of approximately 68 degs. F. and any ball tested
shall be at that temperature throughout when the test is
commenced.
(ii) Unless otherwise specified the limits are for a test con-
ducted in an atmospheric pressure resulting in a barometric
reading of approximately
29.95
ins.
(iii) Other climatic standards may be fixed for localities where
the average temperature and/or average barometric pressure
at which the game is being played differ materially from
68
degs. F. and 29.95 ins. respectively.