By Joshua Jones
THE Hawk-Eye live electronic line calling FAILED on Centre Court.
And that sparked a furious rant towards the chair umpire in never-seen-before scenes at Wimbledon.
Sonay Kartal took on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the last 16.
But the Brit’s shot bounced well long at advantage Pavlyuchenkova at 4-4 in the first set.
However, there was no call from the live system – even though replays showed it was clearly out.
The audio system then declared “stop, stop”.
German umpire Nico Helwerth called play to a halt, telling the crowd that “there is a problem”.
Despite the Kartal shot clearly being out, there was no video replay available to the umpire to overrule.
And after nearly a three-minute delay during which time he got on the phone to work out what was happening, he eventually said: “The electronic system was unable to track the last point so it will be replayed.”
Therefore, a let was played, although Pavlyuchenkova should have had the game because the backhand landed out on game point.
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Incredibly, to add to the drama, Kartal battled back and won the replayed point and then went on to break at a crucial stage of the opening set.
Pavlyuchenkova complained to the umpire when she returned to her seat.
She quite rightly moaned: “I don’t know if it’s in or it’s out. How do I know?
“How can you prove it? Because she is local, they can say whatever.
“You took the game away from me.”
Pavlyuchenkova managed to regroup and break back immediately as Kartal served for the first set, even saving a set point.
And she forced a tie-break, winning it 7-3 after a 77-minute first set.
This is the first year of Wimbledon since the tournament ditched human line judges for the AI live system.
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