The twists and turns of the best-of-three short format will be further enhanced at the PSA World Tour Finals with the addition of power plays and sudden death rule changes.

At the Cairo event, which will be free for spectators during the event, the top eight players will be given the opportunity to use power play rule whichas  first introduced in November’s Carrus Nations Cup.

Here, a player can win two points: each player will be granted two power plays per match in the group stage matches as well as the semi-finals, while three Power Plays will be available in the finals. 

The player that requested it will be given the opportunity to win two points during the next rally, if the player that did not request the power play wins the rally, they will receive one point.

Both players can request the rule on the same rally. If a Let is called, the rally is replayed under the same circumstances. Players have the opportunity to win a game on a power play – for example, if the scores are locked at 9-9 and both players request it, then the winner of that rally will win the game.

Meanwhile, games that are poised at 10-10 will now be subject to a sudden death rally, with the winner of that point taking the game, as opposed to the traditional tie-break used at regular PSA World Tour events, which requires players to go two points clear to convert the game.

The exception will be in the final game where the traditional tie-break does come back into play. In the group matches and semi-finals – which use best of three games scoring – this would mean that the first two games are subject to a sudden death rally, with the third game requiring the use of the traditional tie-break format. 

In the best of five finals, the first four games would use the sudden death decider, with the fifth game reverting back to the use of the usual tie-break format.