Tie-break

Rules:

• The tie-break is a simple “breaking of even games”, which means:
• The player serves whose service it corrresponds
• He serves from the right

• The service of each player lasts two points, except the first serve, which only lasts one point (1-2-2-2-..)
• One should always alternate the side to which one serves, i.e., if the last service was done from the left, the next service should be done from the right and viceversa (1 -right-, 2 -left/right-, 2 -left/right-, 2 -left/right-, ...)
• One should change sides when the points add up to 6 or multiples of 6
• The tie-break finishes when one pair reach 7 points, but only when there is a difference of 2 points, otherwise play continues until a difference of 2 points is established
• All tie-break scores, independently of the result, are reflected as 7/6, although the exact result can be specified
• At the end of the tie-break one should change sides to start the next set
• In the next set, the pair will serve who did not serve to start the tie-break, not being important which player of the pair serves because it’s a new set (in the next example, the blue or yellow player will serve)

Example:

Taking for example the following situation, leading up to the tie-break...

• Starting from score of 5-All
• Taking for example the red-white pair:
• The red player plays on the right
• The white player plays on the left
• Taking for example the yellow-blue pair:
• The yellow player plays on the right
• The blue player plays on the left
• They’re playing the eleventh game…
• Service for the red player
• Victory for the red-white pair
• Score: 6-5
• They’re playing the twelfth game…
• Service for the blue player
• Victory for the blue-yellow pair
• Score: 6-6
• They must now proceed to a tie-break

Start of the tie-break...

• The white player serves, because his partner served in the eleventh game
• Careful! The positions of the players must be the same throughout the set

• The red-white pair win the point

• The yellow player serves becuase his partner served in the twelfth game

• The blue-yellow pair win the point

• The yellow player serves for the second time from the right side

• The blue-yellow pair win the point

• The red player serves for the first time from the left side

• The blue-yellow pair win the point

• The red player serves for the second time from the right side

• The red-white pair win the point

• The blue player serves for the first time from the left side

• The blue-yellow pair win the point

• They change sides because they have played 6 points
• The blue player serves for the second time from the right side

• The blue-yellow pair win the point

• The white player serves for the first time from the left side

• The red-white pair win the point

• The white player serves for the second time from the right side

• The red-white pair win the point

• The yellow player serves for the first time from the left side

• The blue-yellow pair win the point

• The yellow player serves for the second time from the right side

• The red-white pair win the point

• The red player serves for the first time from the left side

• The red-white pair win the point

• They change sides because they have played 12 points
• The red player serves for the second time from the right side

• The red-white pair win the point

• The tie-break continues until a difference of two points is established
• The blue player serves for the first time from the left side

• The red-white pair win the point

• The red-white pair win the tie-break