What was illegal about this serve?

Superdragon · Aug 2, 2019

I'm not disputing the fault call. I'm just asking for some clarification, as the announcer wasn't 100% sure what the fault call was for:

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pongfugrasshopper · Aug 2, 2019

I think the ball went beneath the surface of the table.

Loopadoop · Aug 2, 2019

I did a slow mo.

The ball was above the table.

He didn't remove his free arm. He might have been called for following the ball with his tossing hand.

deams59 · Aug 2, 2019

The umpire's signal for the ball beneath the level of the table is a horizontal open hand with the palm facing down and the other hand pointing under it. That appears to be the signal given by the umpire for this serve.

UpSideDownCarl · Aug 2, 2019

It is also interesting to note, the umpire starts raising his hand to call the point before the ball even reaches the zenith of the toss. So the call is not about the toss or the body blocking the view of the ball. It seems to me it is about the ball going below the table as well. But this is good info:

deams59 said:
The umpire's signal for the ball beneath the level of the table is a horizontal open hand with the palm facing down and the other hand pointing under it. That appears to be the signal given by the umpire for this serve.

zeio · Aug 2, 2019

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/foru...itle=new-hand-signals-to-be-introduced#812433

Toss starts below playing surface

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