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Wimbledon is Wimble-done with line judges
It’s electronic-line calling from here on out
First reported in The Times of London, the announcement marks a radical change to a 147-year-old tradition, albeit one that’s on trend with the sport’s broad shift toward technology-assisted officiating. But after an infamous 2004 US Open match between Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati revealed a number of obviously erroneous calls — to a large TV audience at home, no less — the organizing bodies of tennis moved to deploy Hawk-Eye as a tool that could be used by players to challenge line judges. In my reporting, I learned that the Association of Tennis Professionals makes as much money from licensing ball and player tracking data as it does selling its broadcast rights.
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