Electronic line calling (ELC) technology will be implemented at Wimbledon for the 2025 Championships, bringing to an end the role of the line judge after 147 years patrolling the courts in SW19. The ...
Line judges are to disappear from Wimbledon after 147 years as the All England Club will adopt electronic line calling from 2025. The technology will be in place for all qualifying and main draw ...
CENTRE COURT, THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova suggested her British opponent may have received preferential treatment as simmering tensions around Wimbledon’s use of electronic line ...
Pauline Eyre still remembers the “extraordinary feeling” of making her first appearance at Wimbledon aged 21, taking in the noise and the crowds as she marched onto the pristine grass courts, neat and ...
Of the four Grand Slams that take place each year on the tennis calendar, perhaps the most traditional one is Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club — it is the oldest of the four, ...
The grass-court Grand Slam announced it will switch to electronic-line calling next year. The grass-court Grand Slam announced it will switch to electronic-line calling next year. is a features editor ...
"When in doubt, call it out." That’s the unfortunate philosophy many players use when it comes to line-calling. Tennis is one of the few sports in which the participants also serve as the officials.
“Can you make it make sense?” Alex Eala asked after her defeat to Iga Świątek at the Madrid Open in April. Eala, a 19-year-old emerging talent from the Philippines, was not talking about her three-set ...
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Wimbledon will break with tradition and replace line judges with electronic line calling from next year's championships, the All England Club confirmed on Wednesday. The ...
It’s clear that Emma Raducanu was not happy about Wimbledon’s electronic line calling on Friday. During her tightly contested defeat to top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the third round, the 22-year-old ...