When a player serves a ball, they also ask questions. The first of those questions is: “Can you return my serve?” Some associated questions are:
- “How deep can you return my serve?”
- “Will you put some kind of spin on your return?”
- “Will you need to hit the return high to buy extra time to get to the kitchen line?”
- Etc.
When the return is played, the server's questions are answered and the tables are turned. The return is not just an answer, it comes with questions also:
