"The bottom line, before doing anything new, is that it's people's jobs that we're talking about," Forget told ESPN. Guy Forget, the tournament director at Roland Garros, said the human element is important. At that moment I was like, 'Well, it's out, but what can you do?. "Sometimes it's a help, sometimes it doesn't. "No Hawk-Eye on clay, it's difficult," said Krejcikova, who advanced to her first Grand Slam singles final. Organizers and players are split on whether Roland Garros should follow the example of the other tournaments or not. It's not just this one time, so that's why I feel the system isn't working right now." "During the whole tournament, there were some big points with some bad line calls. "I was horrified when they showed the mark was out after the umpire had called it in, and I was thinking she might not win the match even though she has won the match," ESPN television analyst and 18-time Grand Slam winner Chris Evert said during a Eurosport broadcast of the match. 2021 French Open - COVID-19 curfew spoils Novak Djokovic's quarterfinal celebration.If Krejcikova didn't hit a backhand winner to lock up the victory five points later, Roland Garros officials would have had to deal with a lot more controversy and criticism.
Hawk-Eye's view on television broadcast showed Sakkari's shot to be long, and it wasn't even close. Krejcikova raised her hands to signal a victory, thinking the ball was out, but chair umpire Pierre Bacchi called the shot good and ruled that the point be replayed. The on-court, real-time disputes also have come at crucial game moments, most recently in one of the women's semifinals matches Thursday.Īs Barbora Krejcikova held a match point in the final game of the third set, her opponent, Maria Sakkari, sent a forehand down the right-side baseline.
Wimbledon also uses Hawk-Eye but with a challenge system, with each player allowed up to three incorrect challenges per set.īut the French Open continues to hold out despite numerous arguments and discussions over the past week and a half between players and umpires over ball marks, the space between the ball and the line and, sometimes, over which mark is the right one. Hawk-Eye Live - with which all calls are made electronically - was used at the Australian Open in February and will be in operation at the US Open later this summer. The French Open is the only one of the four Grand Slam tennis events not to use electronic line-calling, in one way or other. PARIS - It is a scene synonymous with Roland Garros: an umpire coming down from his chair to check a ball mark, the players and fans waiting for the decision and the crowd whistling or cheering, depending on their allegiance.
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