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A GAME AND A MATCH :

A game shall be won by the player or pair first scoring 21 points.

If both players or pairs have scored 20 points, the winner of the game shall be the player or pair first scoring 2 points more than the opposing player or pair.

A match shall consist of one game, the best of Three or the best of Five games.

INTERVAL

Play shall be continuous throughout, except that either player or pairs is entitled to claim a rest period of not more than 5 minutes duration between the Third and fourth games.

The duration between any other successive games of a match is not more than one minute.

CHANGE OF ENDS AND SERVICE IN THE DECISIVE SET:

1. The player or pair who started at one end in a game shall start at the other in the immediately subsequent game and so on, until the end of the match.