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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Lauren MacDougall

Voices: Poll of the day: After another AI blunder, should Wimbledon bring back human line judges?

The line judges have been a regular fixture at the tournament for 147 years - (PA)

For the first time in its 147-year history, Wimbledon has replaced human line judges with electronic line calling – but the technology is proving far from flawless.

During Tuesday’s quarter-final between Taylor Fritz and Karen Khachanov, the AI-powered system triggered a bizarre error mid-rally, incorrectly calling a fault on a ball nowhere near the line.

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