At a time when it was going all smooth at Wimbledon, a major blunder seems to have caught up at Wimbledon big time. This year, the grass-court Grand Slam tournament decided to introduce an electronic line-calling system, replacing the line judges with it to remove any chances of human errors in the tournament. However, a major technological failure occurred during the match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sonay Kartal, raising the eyebrows of Coco Gauff’s ex-coach Brad Gilbert and thousands of fans.
During the first set, Sonay Kartal hit the ball long but due to a technological failure, the call wasn’t made, which cost Pavlyuchenkova a game at a crucial juncture in the first set. This didn’t go down well with Gilbert, who took to X to slam Wimbledon, saying, “I’m shocked they couldn’t just look at Hawkeye with the electronic line call down for one point absolutely cost scrabble that 4all game on a ball that was 4-5 inches long on game point.”
I’m shocked they couldn’t just look at Hawkeye with the electronic line call down for one point absolutely cost scrabble that 4all game on a ball that was 4-5 inches long on game point
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) July 6, 2025
Subsequently, many fans joined Gilbert in slamming the poor failure of technology at an elite tournament like Wimbledon. A fan wrote, “Total injustice! @Wimbledon- do better! Never saw such a failure! @WTA,” calling on the WTA and Wimbledon to ensure that such costly errors aren’t repeated in the future.
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