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By Greg Letts, About.com

Definition: In table tennis, deuce is a common way to describe the situation where both players have reached at least 10 points each, and the scores are level, so that both players will be serving one serve each.

Scores such as 10-all, 11-all, 12-all, etc, can all be called deuce points.

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