Court of Appeals: Service Let

WATCH: Sam Querrey's Experience at The Pickleball Slam

The tennis summer swing is in full force across all surfaces, meaning more debates over lines and serves, questionable calls, and the perennial query: 'What does The Code say?'

Court of Appeals is here to clear the air. Rebel Good, a past editor of Friend at Court, the USTA’s handbook of rules and regulations, has taught officiating for more than 30 years and will resolve all your rules questions and quarrels.

Service Let

I hit a serve that struck the net tape, went over the net and struck the receiver's partner before touching the ground. Is this a fault or a point? Taking it a step further, what if it struck the net player and dropped in the correct service box.

— Ian Quittner, Asheville, NC.

It's neither a fault nor loss of point. It's simply a service let under Rule 22.a., if the ball, after touching the net, “touches the receiver or the receiver's partner . . . before hitting the ground.” And where the ball subsequently lands is irrelevant.

—Rebel Good

Got a question? Send it our way. Email your question to courtofappeals@tennis.com.