Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova showed up at Wimbledon 2025 ready to make a serious impact on the grass, which she’s really come to love. She brought that energy into her opening matches, mixing her strong groundstrokes with smart court management to move past her early challengers in straight sets. She kept that momentum going into her fourth-round match against Britain’s Sonay Kartal, putting on a solid performance to win it 7–6(3), 6–4.
But her win was kind of overshadowed by a pretty obvious issue with Wimbledon’s new fully automated line-calling system. So, at 4–4 in the first set, Pavlyuchenkova was at game point when Kartal’s backhand clearly went long. But here’s the thing: there wasn’t the usual automated “out” call, so they ended up replaying the point.
The replay gave Kartal a crucial advantage, which really set Pavlyuchenkova off on the court. She shouted, “Because she is local, they can say whatever. You took the game away from me. They stole the game from me. You stole the game from me.”
So, after the win, she got asked a particular question. As seen on The Tennis Letter’s X, the question read, “If you had lost the match because of that call, which was possible because it gave her a break.. how would you be feeling?” Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova responded honestly, saying, “I would just say I hate Wimbledon and never come back. I’d say I hate grass and Wimbledon.”
Pavlyuchenkova on the missed line call during her match with Kartal at Wimbledon
“If you had lost the match because of that call, which was possible because it gave her a break.. how would you be feeling?”
Anastasia: “I would just say I hate Wimbledon and never come back. I’d… pic.twitter.com/TlDsGWgq76
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) July 6, 2025
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