Rally

A rally is the sequence of strokes exchanged between players after the serve until a point is decided. In beach tennis, a rally begins when the server strikes the ball into the correct service box and ends when the ball bounces on the sand (point lost), goes out of bounds, or hits the net. Per ITF Beach Tennis Rules, the no-advantage scoring system means that a rally at deuce (game score 40-40) is played as a golden point that decides the game immediately, so rallies are always decisive.

Ruleset: ITF  |  Rule Reference: ITF Beach Tennis Rules, Rule 9 (The Ball in Play)