The match record — checking it when there's a complaint

In the console of a tournament match, open the three-dot menu at the right of the top bar and choose Match record. Open Play matches don't have this item.

The record opens full screen and is not cached on the device after you close it, because it contains player identities. Permission to view it is exactly the permission to enter the console.

Each game is its own group (not merged by time, since team rubbers can run in parallel). Inside a group is a timeline of events, each line carrying the time, the rally number, and the content:

• Game start — with which team served first.
• Rally won — with the score after the rally, a +1 or change of serve tag, and a sub-line stating who served, from which box, and who received.
• Time-out and Medical — with the team name.
• Game closed.

An undone rally is not deleted — it simply strikes the number through and collapses into a folded strip that stays in its original place. Tap the strip to expand it. That way you can explain even the rallies that were corrected, instead of having to say “I tapped wrong at the time”.

The system reconstructs each game from the log, compares it with the stored score, and states its verdict on the top card:

• RECORD MATCHES THE SCORE — the reconstruction produces exactly the stored score. Nothing to discuss.
• RECORD CAN'T EXPLAIN THE SCORE — the log is missing rallies, so the reconstruction gives a different number. The stored score is still the official result.
• THIS MATCH HAS NO RALLY RECORD — the score was entered manually, or the console never recorded a rally. There is nothing to check against, and this is not a sign of anything wrong.
• SCORE EDITED MANUALLY AFTER CLOSING — the game was closed in the console and then edited by hand. That is a legitimate action.
• MATCH IN PLAY — the record may lag the score by a few seconds. Check again after the game is closed.
• COULDN'T VERIFY — the record lacks the data needed to reconstruct, usually a match played on an older app build.