Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said that a match had been “stolen” to him when Wimbledon’s electronic calling electronic system failed in his fourth round match against Sonay Kartal British.
There was no call “released” when a Kartal setback went to 4-4 for a long time in the first set, with the chair referee Nico Helwerth Halting Play.
Pavlyuchenkova Russian had seen that the ball was released – and a television replay showed that it was the case at a certain distance.
Addressing the crowd, Helwerth said: “We will simply check if the system was operational, because there was no audio call.”
After a telephone call, he announced that the electronic system “unfortunately could not follow the last point” and ordered the reward for the point.
The rules book indicates that if the electronic line call system does not appeal, “the call must be made by the chair referee”.
He adds: “If the chair referee is not able to determine whether the ball was inside or out, the point must be replayed. This protocol only applies to the end of point or in the event that a player stops playing.”
If the ball had been called, Pavlyuchenkova would have won the point and took the lead.
Instead, he was replayed, Kartal won the point and continued to break for an advance of 5-4.
The fact Pavlyuchenkova won the match meant that the dysfunction was not as expensive as it could have been, even if it always asked why the referee did not call it.
“That’s why he’s there,” she said. “He also saw it, he told me after the match.
“I thought he would do that, but he didn’t do it. Instead, they just said replay.
“I don’t know if it’s something to do (with the Kartal) local.
“I think it’s so difficult for him. He was probably afraid of making such a great decision.”
