Tennis: Bad news for line judges, Next Gen players like Hawk-Eye calling - News Summed Up

Tennis: Bad news for line judges, Next Gen players like Hawk-Eye calling


MILAN (Reuters) - Tennis line judges might grimace when they hear it, but players reacted positively to them being replaced by computerised calls on the opening day of the Next Gen ATP Finals on Tuesday. Hawk-Eye review technology has been a long-standing feature of professional tennis, allowing players to challenge tight calls made by the human eye. In every other sport there are innovations, and this thing without line judges makes it more fair, I would say." "I think the shot clock is a good thing, maybe Hawk-Eye calling all the lines, I like that," the German told reporters. "That was the most challenging thing," Medvedev said.


Source: The Star November 07, 2017 21:11 UTC



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