hi alang

an interesting opinion, but unfortunately to my knowledge, there is nothing in the rules which prevent a player hitting a ball on the full outside the return of serve area.

obviously, if it bounces outside of that area, is becomes a fault.

of course in the good old days of 2 faults, you had the choice to return the ball, even if it was a fault. i have done that quite a number of times, as a regular opponent of mine in those days, used to serve a double fault on purpose in an effort to get his breath back.

cheers

rs

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