If a chase is made, the point remains "on hold" until a player reaches forty or if there are two chases. The players change ends and play off the chase(s). To beat a 2 yards chase, the player from the hazard end has to play a shot that lands the ball on its second bounce in an area better than two yards from the back wall. Failure to do so means that the point is lost.

Explanations of the rules of real tennis, either written or verbal, invariably cause a glazed look of incomprehension! The "chase" element of the game does appear complex at first but it is quickly and best understood after one or two outings on court when the mysteries will be unraveled...