London – John McEnroe – His “You Can’t Be Serious!” Calling Fame – Wimbledon’s latest step in the latest steps into the modern era, choosing technology rather than human touch to decide that a ball is landing.
In the All England Club Tournament, which began Monday’s oldest Grand Slam Championship, there were no line judges, but were formulated by electronic systems, the ruling was declared astray using recorded sounds.
“In some ways, players, even fans missed this interaction, but at the same time…if that’s accurate, I think it’s great because at least you know you’ve got the right call,” McEnroe won Wimbledon three times in his Hall of Fame career and is a TV analyst for ESPN and BBC.
“My hair won’t be as white as it is now,” McEnroe, 66, joked.
Wimbledon joins most top tennis matches with e-line phones
The new system keeps Wimbledon in line with nearly every other top tennis matches – although the French Open played on red clay remains an exception, insisting on the judges – and Monday’s debut seemed mostly seamless, as far as players are concerned.
Indeed, Frances Tiafoe, the twelfth seed of the American, didn’t even notice that there was no boundary judge in his first round victory.
He did notice this and then laughed, when the referee didn’t even pay much attention at one point, grabbed the phone in his stands and made a call asking for more towels to be brought to court on the hottest first day in game history.
Tiafoe said of the court official: “This makes him completely ineffective.
Players like Wimbledon’s dismissal have also been eliminated
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka likes the All England Club’s turn to electronic cables, which eliminates her need to question whether she should sign a ruling. From 2007 to last year, players were allowed to request a video replay to check if the decision was correct.
“If you have a referee, you (you) keep thinking, for example, ‘ Should I challenge or should I challenge?'” “It’s a lot of questions in your mind.”
Cam Norrie is happy that there is no longer a reason to be angry about the decision that is considered wrong, the way McEnroe and many others have been angry over the years.
“To be honest, it’s good. You keep moving forward. No one is angry about missing the phone call, saying something or what happened at this point or what happened,” said Norry, a British player who won on Monday. “The call is very black or white. In and out.
However, in his opinion, not everything is favorable.
The familiar scenes of officials sitting around the court or standing around the court “look cool.” Norry said. In addition, he pointed out some of the work losses in some of the past 275 judges (80 were brought back to the “game assistant” to help the chair referee behind the scenes).
“I think the decisions we make there are very important because Wimbledon always balances heritage and tradition with innovation and the way we walk. We are always very aware of that. … It’s time for us to make this change,” said Sally Bolton, CEO of All England Clubs. “It’s not a money-saving exercise. It’s about constantly evolving the game and making sure we provide the most effective line phone calls.”
In Wimbledon, “You can’t complain about the machine”
Frenchman Adrian Mannarino likes the “one machine” involved on Monday, saying: “You can’t complain about the machine.”
“It’s annoying when you feel that someone is judging the ball and…maybe you can’t see that well, maybe even not concentrate, it’s annoying,” Mannerino said. “But it’s the fact that a robot calls the ball, there’s nothing to complain about.”
He did warn that it wasn’t always easy to figure out which of the recorded announcements were because he won in Game 5, as it was in trouble in other courts and other courts.
Sometimes he wants a “go out!” call in adjacent games is for him.
“It can be a little tricky, but overall, I think it’s a good thing,” Mannerino said.
