The fall beats the ball: a passing winner fells the body while it still rolls

Oliver: 'the zombie falls after the ball is lost although we know this
earlier — it could play out as ball lost because of the falling.' The match
point now resolves at bounce ONE when the winner is provably beyond the
body's reach (closed-form flight vs its own chase dials, full swing reach
plus 0.6 m of doubt — borderline balls wait for the ordinary bounce-2 call).
startFall keeps the ball rolling for an early-decided point, and the
d.decided latch swallows the rally's later resolutions so it can never bank
twice. Verified in-pane: collapse starts ~0.3 s after the bounce, ball rolls
past the prone body, score banks exactly once.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/beats.js

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ export function startMatch() {
 function matchReady() {
   ball.active = false;
   G.serveNum = 1;
+  if (G.match) G.match.decided = false;   // the next rally may be decided early again
   setupPoint();
   const rz = zombies.find(z => z.variant === 'r');
   // THE OPPONENT STANDS WHERE THE POINT PUTS IT: on its receiving mark, or behind its own baseline
@@ -404,7 +405,10 @@ export const FALL_LEN = fallLen();   // the load-time value test.js imports as a
 function startFall(from) {
   const fz = zombies.find(z => z.variant === 'r');
   G.matchFall = { t: 0, from, vx: (fz && fz.vx) || 0, x0: (fz && fz.x) || 0 };
-  ball.active = false;
+  // an EARLY-decided point keeps its ball: the whole reason the fall starts now is so the ball
+  // visibly rolls past the collapsing body (gameplay's matchOutOfReach call). The rally cannot
+  // resolve twice — the d.decided latch swallows every later resolution of it.
+  if (!G.matchEarly) ball.active = false;
   G.phase = 'over'; G.overT = fallLen() + 0.6;   // outlives the fall on purpose — see above
 }
 
@@ -642,6 +646,9 @@ export function resolveInterlude(side) {
   // interlude is permanent while a match runs (it is what keeps the serving tennis-like and the
   // spawn director quiet). Regicide arrives here too, as a 'P' with the body already gone.
   if (G.match) {
+    // a rally resolved at its DECIDED moment (the early fall) is spent: the ball that kept rolling
+    // for the picture still reaches its ordinary bounce-2 / rolled-out calls, and they land here
+    if (G.match.decided) { ball.active = false; return; }
     if (!zombies.some(z => z.variant === 'r') && !G.match.ending) return matchGameWon(null);
     return matchPoint(side);
   }