Posted on September 13th, 2009 by refpolice
In a crucial moment late in the second set of a womens semi final match, Serena Williams was called for footfault giving Kim Clijisters a match point. In the subsequent berating of the linesman for calling a foot fault at such an important point in the match, Williams was dinged a point for unsportsmanlike conduct, [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by refpolice
I think anyone watching today’s men’s semi-finals matches at Wimbledon would agree that the high-tech line calling machine was out of whack. Twice Roger Federer suggested the machine was wrong, and Andy Roddick did so several times, even though the result of the challenge went in his favor. John McEnroe agreed that the machine was [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2007 by refpolice
We have to take our hats off to the folks in charge at Wimbledon who decided to employ the Hawk-Eye instant replay challenge option on Centre Court and Court 1 for players who want to dispute calls at this year’s Wimbledon Championship. I was suprised that it was not in use at last month’s French [...]