A reverse outside of English feeds on the controversy on the Electronic Line Calling System unleashed by Draper and Raducanu in recent days
Afternoon of controversy on the central field of Wimbledon. In the fourth round challenge between the hostess Sonay Kartal, number 51 of the WTA ranking, and the challenging Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, number 50, on the score of 4-4 in a very tight first set, the Russian is ahead of the advantages and is serving to climb 5-4. During the point, a reverse of the Kartal goes long by several centimeters but the Electronic Line Calling System does not sound. The chair judge Nico Helwerth promptly interrupts the operations, the replay airs on the screens and shows that between the ball and the cross -country line the space is a lot.
“They stole the game”
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“We just want to check if the system is active and functioning, because there has been no audio call,” says the chair judge to the public. After a short phone call with the Supervisor, he announces the decision to public and players: “The system unfortunately failed to trace the last point, so we will repeat it”. A right choice in terms of procedure but which has left the Russian and the public from all over the world speechless. The revocation point goes to Kartal and English manages to get a break taking 5-4, only to lose the service immediately after. At the change of field, Pavlyuchenkova’s complaints continued: “They stole the game for me. They took it away from me. She plays at home, they can do what they want”. The Russian, however, managed to return to the game immediately on an emotional level, positively exploiting the nerve energies: the match ended 7-6 6-4 in his favor and brought it back to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 9 years after the last time.
Elc, the controversies continue
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After the game, a spokesman for the tournament spoke of the error of an operator who would disable the Electronic Line Calling System during the point. What happened on the central field does nothing but feed the heavy controversies born in the past days. After 148 years of history, the Wimbledon tournament decided to retire the line judges and adopt the electronic system already used by Australian Open and US Open. Unlike what happened in the two Slam on the cement, in London the players do not trust Elc. Emma Raducanu’s darling spoke of “a problem to be solved” after the defeat with Sabalenka and some suspicious calls, while Belinda Bencic admitted that the accuracy of the system is a topic of discussion in the changing rooms of ATP and WTA. Jack Draper, British number one, said after the burning defeat with Cilic not to believe that the ELC is 100%precise.
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