Table Tennis rules continued

Table Tennis rules continued:

Choice of serving, receiving and ends

1. The right to choose the initial order of serving, receiving
and ends shall be decided by lot and the winner may
choose to serve or to receive first or to start at a
particular end.

2. When one player or pair has chosen to serve or to
receive first or to start at a particular end, the other
player or pair shall have the other choice.

3. After each 2 points have been scored the receiving
player or pair shall become the serving player or pair
and so on until the end of the game, unless both players
or pairs score 10 points or the expedite system ( which
will be explained later on) is in operation, when the
sequences of serving and receiving shall be the same
but each player shall serve for only 1 point in turn.

4. In each game of a doubles match, the pair having the
right to serve fist 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 in
the preceding game.

5. In doubles, at each change of service the previous
receiver shall become the server and the partner of the
previous server shall become the receiver.

6. The player or pair serving first in a game shall receive
first in the next game of the match and in the last possible
game of a doubles match the pair due to receive next
shall change their order of receiving when first one pair
scores 5 points.

7. The player or pair starting at one end in a game shall start
at the other end in the next game of the match and in the
last possible game of a match the players or pairs shall
change ends when first one player or pair scores 5
points.

Out of order of serving, receiving and ends

1. If a player serves or receives out of turn, play shall be
interrupted by the umpire as soon as the error is
discovered and shall resume with those players serving
and receiving who should be server and receiver
respectively at the score that has been reached,
according to the sequence established at the beginning
of the match and, in doubles, to the order of serving
chosen by the pair having the right to serve first in the
game during which the error is discovered.

2. If the players have not changed ends when they should
have done so, play shall be interrupted by the umpire as
soon as the error is discovered and shall resume with
the players at the ends at which they should be at the
score that has been reached, according to the sequence
established at the beginning of the match.

3. In any circumstances, all points scored before the
discovery of an error shall be reckoned.

Expedite system

1. Except where both players or pairs have scored at least
9 points, the expedite system shall come into operation
if a game is unfinished after 10 minutes' play or at any
earlier time at the request of both players or pairs.

2. If the ball is in play when the time limit is reached, play
shall be interrupted by the umpire and shall resume with
service by the player who served in the rally that was
interrupted.

3. If the ball is not in play when the time limit is reached,
play shall resume with service by the player who received
in the immediately preceding rally.

4. Thereafter, each player shall serve for 1 point in turn until
the end of the game and if the receiving player or pair
makes 13 good returns the receiver shall score a point.

5. If the expedite system is introduced, or if a game lasts
longer than 10 minutes, all subsequent games of the
match shall be played under the expedite system.