VIII. A player’s racket slips out of his hand and flies into the net. Does he lose the stroke for hitting the net?
Decision.—Yes, if the ball be still in play. It does not matter if the racket be in a player’s hand or not.
IX. A player’s racket leaves his hand, but meets the ball and returns it over the net. Is it a good return?
Decision.—Yes. There is no law requiring a racket to be in a player’s hand when the ball is returned. It would unquestionably be a good return if the racket were held against the ground by a player’s feet, and the ball bounded back off of it.
X. A single match is played with a double net and inside posts. A player touches the net beyond the inside posts, and claims that he does not lose the stroke, because there should be no net more than 3 ft. outside of the court.
Decision.—He loses the stroke. The net where he touched it is part of the supports of the net. He might, perhaps, have objected to the arrangement of the net before the match.
XI. A player returns the ball, and finding that he cannot stop himself before reaching the net, jumps over it. Is it a good return?
Decision.—Law 5 requires that “the players shall stand on opposite sides of the net,” and therefore the player invading his opponent’s court loses the stroke.
XII. A ball passes outside the post of the net and strikes in court. Is it a good return?
Decision.—Yes. The laws have been changed to make it a good return.