Could any please tell me what does the term ''let'' mean in the game tennis?

Question

Could any please tell me what does the term ''let'' mean in the game tennis?

Answer 1

Well let is like when the ball hits the net rim, or interference. If the serve is let, you serve again. but when you are playing a point and it's let, you continue playing.

Answer 2

if it hits the net before the service box, its like the serve didn't exist and u get to go again

Answer 3

It's when the ball hits the net or touches the line and both players decide to replay the point.

Answer 4

A let in tennis is any instance where a point will need to be played over.  

Most common -

In tennis if a player serves and the ball hits the net and lands in the service box.  This is a let, and the point is replayed.  

Other times -

If a ball rolls into the court any player can call a "let".  Play is then stopped and the point is replayed.

Hopefully that helps!

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Answer 5

The ball touches the net on a serve but lands in the correct court.

The serve is replayed. Theoretically, a player could serve forever if every serve was a "let".

Answer 6

A LET call is often mistaken for a NET call, but actually they are unrelated.

a) A LET is a call than can be made at any time during play, so from as soon the server tosses the ball to serve, until the point is made. When a LET call is made, the point will be replayed.

b) A NET call can only be made when serving, when the ball touches the net (sometimes even when the serve goes in the net, although the NET call is in that case superfluous). So the serve can go NET>out or NET>in.  

And in the case of NET>IN, it's a LET (because the serve will be replayed).

So the most common LET call is indeed the serve (first or second) that touches the net but is subsequently "in".

Also, when playing at your club with several adjacent tennis fields, it is pretty common that a ball from your neighbors ends up rolling over your court. In that case any player can call "LET" and the "entire point" will be replayed.

Since the televised tournaments don't have adjacent fields but always secluded courts (like central court, obviously), a LET because of another ball is less likely, but Wimbledon Umpires occasionally call a LET when a pigeon lands on the tennis court, when a streaker ran on court, etc...

Kind regards,

Thomas

Answer 7

when the ball touches the net on a serve the point is played again.

Answer 8

When the ball touches the net when they serve

Answer 9

when the ball on yur serve hit the net but goes over and lands in the box they will call it a let itdoesnt mean its a fault just play the poiny over but if it hits the net and goes over but lands outside the box then its a fault

Answer 10

A let, is when you perform a legal serve,e.g: no foot faults, and the ball clips the netcord and still takes its first bounce in the correct service box.if it is on your first serve you take your 2 serves again however,if on the 2nd service this occurs you only take your 2nd service again.

Answer 11

If the ball hits the net cord but lands in the service court, this is a let service, which is void and the serve is replayed, and the server is allowed either 1 or 2 serves depending on whether the let occurred on the first or second serve. A ball that hits the net cord but lands out is a fault.

Answer 12

A let is when the ball hits the net on the serve or when on the serve the players do not know if it was out or in so they re-do it. =]=]

Answer 13

All the answers are correct, I dont know why they just cant call "net" instead of "let" lol

Answer 14

When you first serve the ball, and the ball accidently hits the net and drops, that is called a let, you may do it again. But if it happens too much, then you will not get to try again, and the points go to the other opponent.

Answer 15

We shall LET you play again, it's net.

Answer 16

ok so when you serve the ball and it ***touches the net*** and goes into the tennis box opposite you its a let

if it wouldnt touche the net it owuld be a normal serve

Answer 17

Play the ball again.  The ball was served say and was in but touched the net - so they say play a 'let'.

If the ball wasnt called out but the umpire wasnt sure - he would call 'play a let'.

It just means that a point is played again.