KNOTTY POINTS.
ADDENDA TO THE LAWS OF THE GAME.
(Revised and approved by the Council of the Lawn-Tennis Association.)
1.—In no case may the Striker-out volley the service, not even if the ball is clearly outside the service court.
2.—A player who is struck by, or strikes a ball in play (unless he thereby makes a good return) loses the stroke, no matter whether he is standing within the limits of the court or outside them. (For definition of "in play" see Law 15.)
3.—If the service is delivered before the Striker-out is ready, and he tries to return it, but fails, he loses the stroke.
4.—If the Striker-out cries "not ready" after the service has been delivered, but before the ball touches the ground, he may not claim a fault because the ball ultimately drops outside the service Court.
5.—If the Server, in attempting to serve, misses the ball altogether, it does not count as a fault, but it the ball is touched, no matter how slightly, by the racket, a service is thereby delivered and the rules governing the service at once apply.
6.—If a ball, served or returned, drops into the proper Court and screws or is blown back over the net, the player whose turn it is to strike may reach over the net and play the ball, provided that neither he nor any part of his clothes or racket touch the net. If he fails to play the ball, the stroke of course scores to his opponent, notwithstanding that the ball has gone back over the net.
7.—If a player throws his racket at the ball and so returns the ball into the proper Court, he loses the stroke.
8.—If a player catches the balls on his racket, walks with it to the net, and, reaching over, drops it into Court, he loses the stroke, as such a proceeding cannot be defined as an "act of striking" (vide law 15).