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Evening Standard
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Arthur Ferridge

Wimbledon 2025: All England Club officials have 'full confidence' in automated umpire system despite glitches

Wimbledon officials have issued an apology after the electronic line-calling system missed pivotal calls in Sonay Kartal’s loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Sunday.

No call came from the system as Kartal hit a backhand long in the first set despite replays showing it was clearly out, prompting chair umpire Nico Helwerth to pause the match and troubleshoot the issue.

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