Order of Serve in each set of a doubles match
Table Tennis Rules
Last updated 6 years ago
san s Asked 6 years ago
Suppose we have two doubles team playing a game of 5 sets.
Team 1: A and B
Team 2: X and Y
Set-1
Team 1 wins the toss and decides that in Set 1, A will start the serve and team 2 decides that Y will pick the serve
Set-2
I believe in set 2 order would be reversed which means that Y from team-2 will start the serve by serving to A from team-1
Set-3
Who from team-1 should start the seerve in set-3?,
is it allowed that A can start the serve again in set-3 so that Y has to pick it again?
Alois Rosario Answered 6 years ago
Hi San,
In the second set team XY has the choice of who will serve first. So either X or Y is allowed to start serving. If X serves then B has to receive. If Y serves then A has to receive.
In the third set A or B is allowed to start serving and then the same order as set one needs to be followed.
I hope this clears it up for you.
This is the relevant rule:
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2.13.4 In each game of a doubles match, the pair having the right to serve first shall choose which of them will do so and in the first game of a match the receiving pair shall decide which of them will receive first; in subsequent games of the match, the first server having been chosen, the first receiver shall be the player who served to him or her in the preceding game.
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san s Posted 6 years ago
Thanks Alois, that answers my query!