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Table tennis games run to 11 points

The change came in 2001, along with serving every two points instead of five Games used to go to 21 and services changed every five points, which made matches long and hard to schedule for television. A game must be won by two clear points. Matches are usually best of five or seven games. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Table tennis games run to 11 points: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The change came in 2001, along with serving every two points instead of five. The figure is taken from International Table Tennis Federation, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.