course of play (i.e. during a rally) The ball is sent out of bounds (a player is free to hit a ball going out of bounds back in, but if he misses it he commits a fault) The ball touches a player or his uniform, whether inside or outside the court A player's racket, in the act of striking, crosses or touches the net The ball fails to clear the net either in service or return The ball touches the top of the net The served ball falls on any line (a ball in rally, however, is faulted only if it fails on the boundary line; it can fall on the center or crease lines) The ball is bounced on the ground after the server is warned by the umpire to play Delay in serving is caused by passing the ball from one player to another after the umpire has requested play to begin Match play A match consists of three games. The team that wins two out of three games is the match winner. The team first scoring the 34th point wins a game. Teams start each game from the side opposite the one they played the previous game. There is a break of two minutes between the end of the first game and the start of the second game, and five minutes between the second and the third games. Choice of side and the right of first service is decided by a coin toss at the beginning of a match. If the team winning the toss chooses to serve, the other team has the choice of side and vice versa. At the beginning of a match the referee allows two trials, one from each side. After the trials are over, the umpire shall call "play" and regular play begins. A ball is in play from the time a player attempts to serve until it touches the ground or until a "fault" or "let" (a re-serve) is called by the umpire. The officiating team consists of one umpire, two or more line referees and a scorer. When the umpire calls "play", if a team refuses to play it forfeits the match. The umpire is the sole judge on the fairness of a play, weather and lighting conditions. His decisions are final. It is the umpire's responsibility to call "fault" or "let", with (or without) an appeal from the players.