Out! Monte Carlo Masters replaces line judges with hi-tech

Players will compete for the first time at the Monte Carlo Masters without any line judges to call foot faults or if the ball has landed inside or outside the court. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

The world's oldest clay court tennis tournament is preparing for a new era with the replacement of line judges by hi-tech cameras and fibre optics.

For 117 years, line judges – under the aegis of the chair umpire – have called the shots at the various tennis competitions held at courts around Monaco's capital that morphed into the Monte Carlo Masters.