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In tennis, if the serving player makes two mistakes in the same point, it is called a double fault, and they lose the point and the point is awarded to their opponent. [ 1 ] Amateur Era singles records
Double fault: Two serving faults in a row in one point, causing the player serving to lose the point. [52] Double-handed backhand (or double-hander): See two-handed backhand. Double-handed forehand (or double-hander): See two-handed forehand. Doubles net: A net used for playing doubles; longer than a singles net.
Double fault – hitting a fault on the second service. The server loses the point. The server loses the point. Fault – an unsuccessful serve that does not start the point because the ball does not land in the opponent's designated service box; or, the server commits a foot fault (see below).
However, the moment was too much for her as a double-fault to drop serve gave Gauff the opening she needed and the tournament's No. 3 seed closed out a 6-3, 7-5 victory.
The new doubles team of Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios are out of the Brisbane International in the second round. ... A Djokovic double-fault with the duo leading 8-6 in the match tiebreak was ...
A fault is a serve that falls long or wide of the service box, or does not clear the net. There is also a "foot fault" when a player's foot touches the baseline or an extension of the centre mark before the ball is hit. If the second service, after a fault, is also a fault, the server double faults, and the receiver wins the point. However, if ...
The eighth seed was broken, after making a double fault when break point down on 5-4 in the second set. But he roars past Alex Michelsen in the deciding tiebreak, after it was finely poised at 5-5 ...
Two consecutive faults (double fault) result in the receiver winning the point. The receiver must allow the serve to bounce once before returning it, or else the server automatically wins the point. If the ball touches the net during an otherwise legal serve ("let" or "net" service), the serve is retaken without being counted as a fault.