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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Eleanor Crooks

Umpire given a rest while Wimbledon officials insist tech fail can’t be repeated

Nico Helwerth explains the unusual situation to the crowd (Adam Davy/PA) - (PA Wire)

The umpire at the centre of Wimbledon’s embarrassing electronic line calling failure was left off the schedule on Monday – while organisers insisted the fiasco cannot happen again.

Officials blamed human error for the incident at a crucial stage of the fourth-round match between Sonay Kartal and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, with the system inadvertently turned off and not flagging that a shot from the British player was out.

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