'they Stole The Game' - Electronic Line Call Fails At Wimbledon

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Kartal wins arguable crippled aft physics line-calling strategy fails

Wimbledon 2025

Dates: 30 June-13 July Venue: All England Club

Coverage: Live crossed BBC TV, power and online pinch extended sum connected BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full sum guide.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said a crippled was "stolen" from her erstwhile Wimbledon's physics line-calling strategy grounded during her fourth-round lucifer against Britain's Sonay Kartal.

There was nary 'out' telephone to a Kartal backhand that had gone agelong astatine 4-4 successful nan first set, pinch chair umpire Nico Helwerth alternatively shouting "stop, stop".

Russian Pavlyuchenkova had already stopped arsenic she saw nan shot was retired - arsenic a TV replay showed it was by immoderate distance.

Addressing nan crowd, Helwerth said: "We're conscionable going to cheque if nan strategy was up and running, because location was nary audio call."

After a telephone call, he said nan physics strategy "was unluckily incapable to way nan past constituent truthful we will replay nan point".

A screenshot of nan agelong Sonay Kartal forehand successful her lucifer against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Had nan shot been correctly called out, Pavlyuchenkova, who had nan advantage, would person won nan constituent and taken nan lead.

Instead, it was replayed, Kartal won nan constituent and went connected to break for a 5-4 lead.

A disappointment Pavlyuchenkova was heard telling nan umpire astatine nan changeover: "They stole nan crippled from me. They stole it."

A spokesperson for nan All England Club said: "Due to usability correction nan strategy was deactivated connected nan constituent successful question.

"The chair umpire followed nan established process."

The automated line-calling system, which was introduced astatine Wimbledon for nan first clip this year, has been nether scrutiny this week, pinch several players questioning its accuracy and sound level.

Debbie Jevans, chair of nan All England Club, said connected Friday she was assured successful nan accuracy of nan physics statement calling and successful nan determination to bring it in.