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ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations - 2015.2

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19 ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations 2015 Hospitality may be offered to all players in a draw (qualifying and/or main draw) or it may be conditional upon the round reached. Hospitality may not be conditional on the entry of specific players or teams nor may it be based on a team's combined ranking. 9. Courts All match courts shall be of exactly the same surface. In the event of bad weather play may be moved under cover, but the surface of all such courts must be the same. Sufficient match courts must be available to accommodate full qualifying and main draws. In addition there should be at least one (1) practice court per 32 teams on site. 10. Tournament Administrator/Tournament Director The National Association sanctioning or organising the Tournament shall designate a Tournament Administrator/Tournament Director to administer the event. The Tournament Administrator/Director is not permitted to compete in the event. 11. Referee Each Tournament must provide at its sole expense an appropriate official, as defined in the Tournament Organisational Guidelines, to serve as the Referee for the tournament. The Referee is the final authority for on-site issues related to the ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules, ITF Beach Tennis Tour Code of Conduct, ITF Rules of Beach Tennis and all on-court matters. The Referee is responsible for making the draw. The Referee may not be the Tournament Director/Tournament Administrator and is not permitted to compete in the event. 12. Tournament Doctor / Physiotherapist/Athletic Trainer (PAT) Each tournament must provide at its sole expense a Tournament Doctor on-call during play and a Physiotherapist/Athletic Trainer on-site during play. 13. Match Format Each match in the Main Draw will be the best of three tie-break sets, unless otherwise approved by the ITF. In the Qualifying Draw, when the score is one set all, one match tie-break (10 points) shall be played to decide the match. 14. Rules of Beach Tennis The ITF Rules of Beach Tennis shall apply in all ITF Beach Tennis Tour matches. 15. Conditions of Play a) Between Tournaments If the Referee receives notice from a player of the date and time of his last match played in a previous tournament, then the Referee shall whenever possible give the player one full day's rest between such match and the player's first match in the Tournament. b) Between Matches

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