With the new scoring system, I find it advantageous to receive serve to start a game/match, even if I have won the toss... it's much easier to gain the initial point off attacking, in my experience. However, if I win the first game, is it possible for me to forfeit my serve in the second game (ie: let the other player serve first, though I won)? This question was also asked on the badminton Canada web site, but I didn't really understand the answer the umpire gave. Thanks!
I don't believe you can. If I remmeber correctly the rule said something about the winner for the previous set has to serve in the following set.
This is dealt with very clearly in the laws: "7.6 The side winning a game shall serve first in the next game."
