Bianca Andreescu wasn't happy about some of the line calls in her first-round match at the 2023 Bad Homburg Open .
The human factor has always played a role in professional tennis, but that will soon change, and the young Canadian will certainly be one of the players that will welcome the change. Often, there is a discussion about involvement of the umpires and their right or possibly wrong calls.
This phenomenon is seen especially during the clay-court part of the season, as the hawk eye is not used at those tournaments. However, there are also some tournaments that don't have a hawk eye, or players may sometimes use all three allocated challenges during a set.
Soon, live electronic line calling should come to the Atp Tour as all tournaments should incorporate it, starting in 2025. On the other hand, the Wta didn't make a similar announcement, but it is expected that they may.
The human factor has always played a role in professional tennis, but that will soon change, and the young Canadian will certainly be one of the players that will welcome the change. Often, there is a discussion about involvement of the umpires and their right or possibly wrong calls.
This phenomenon is seen especially during the clay-court part of the season, as the hawk eye is not used at those tournaments. However, there are also some tournaments that don't have a hawk eye, or players may sometimes use all three allocated challenges during a set.
Soon, live electronic line calling should come to the Atp Tour as all tournaments should incorporate it, starting in 2025. On the other hand, the Wta didn't make a similar announcement, but it is expected that they may.
- 6/26/2023
- Tennis Infinity
Sofia Kenin opted to prepare for Wimbledon far away from it as she's playing a lower-tier Wta event in Italy right now though it's on grass as well.
The former Australian Open champion has seen her career derailed greatly by injuries but like many before her, Kenin is not giving up . She's determined to make her way to the top though it's been a rather shaky journey for a very long time now.
This year has seen her put together some solid performances which is something to build upon and while 11 wins in 24 matches don't look that great it's still a step she needs to make in order to get back to winning 30-40 matches per year like she did before the pandemic. It's something she embraces in her journey.
Her first match on grass happened last week in Nottingham though she didn't manage to beat native player Kartal. Now...
The former Australian Open champion has seen her career derailed greatly by injuries but like many before her, Kenin is not giving up . She's determined to make her way to the top though it's been a rather shaky journey for a very long time now.
This year has seen her put together some solid performances which is something to build upon and while 11 wins in 24 matches don't look that great it's still a step she needs to make in order to get back to winning 30-40 matches per year like she did before the pandemic. It's something she embraces in her journey.
Her first match on grass happened last week in Nottingham though she didn't manage to beat native player Kartal. Now...
- 6/19/2023
- Tennis Infinity
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