Point replayed in Fritz match after line call ‘malfunction’

Wimbledon 2025

All England Club Dates: June 30 through July 13

A point in Taylor Fritz’s match with Karen Khachanov had to be replayed because of a “malfunction” with the technology, which caused more controversy surrounding the electronic line call system at Wimbledon on Tuesday’s quarter-final match.

The system on Centre Court was accidentally disabled by a human error during Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s match against Britain’s Sonay Kartal, and the Wimbledon organizers apologised on Saturday.

This time, “fault” was accidentally called during the opening match of the fourth set, with Fritz leading 15-0 after falling 3-1, 3-3, 3-4, and 3-1, respectively.

Swedish umpire Louise Azemar-Engzell called “stop” and said to the crowd inside Court One, “Ladies and gentlemen, we will replay the last point because of a malfunction,” after checking the matter over the phone. The current system operation is.”

The All England Club stated in a statement that the player’s service motion started while the BBG was still passing the net, which was inconsistent with the system’s understanding of the point.

The Chair Umpire ordered that the issue be replayed, so.

After Fritz’s first serve had landed out, one of the players immediately grabbed a ball from the middle of the court and called it BBG.

The American went on to win the match 6-3 6-4 1-6 7-6 (7-4) to reach the semi-finals.

The All England Club stated that they “continue to have full confidence in the accuracy of the ball-tracking technology” following the error in the Pavlyunchenkova-Kartal match.

When operating the system, changes were made to eliminate the possibility of “human error.”

Khachanov said he favors human line judges because they leave him feeling “too alone without them.”

To be honest, he said, “I’m more for line umpires.” Without line umpires, you have a slight sense that the court is too big and alone.

“We’ve seen a few calls, but they both seem to require very precise and no mistakes.” Why is this taking place, I wonder?

Electronic line calls, in Fritz’s opinion, were a welcome addition.

There will be some issues, he continued. Instead of the umpires, I still believe it’s much better to have the electronic line calling because I enjoy not having to consider challenging calls in the middle of the points.

The ball is called, and we are aware of that.

Other players have previously expressed disapproval of the system.

Emma Raducanu, the British tenor, called it “dodgy,” while Belinda Bencic, the Swiss tenor, referred to complaints about the technology in the locker room.

When Aryna Sabalenka’s shot on Friday was found to have clipped the line midway through the first set of her disappointment with the world number one, Raducanu was particularly upset.

After a tense 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 loss, where the Briton engaged in constant conversation with the top seed for the majority of the match, the Briton declared, “That call was for sure out.”