Jiri Lehecka had to play a fifth set and essentially win his third-round match twice.
Hawk-Eye Live, an electronic line calling system, could have saved the players their set, even their match, but Wimbledon doesn’t use it to its full extent, preferring a more traditional approach.
The people for whom the information is most important — the players and the chair umpire, who oversees the match — must rely on the line judge.
When the human eye is judging serves traveling around 120 m.p.h.
and forehand rallies faster than 80 m.p.h., errors are bound to happen.
Persons:
Andy Murray, Bianca Andreescu, Jiri Lehecka
Organizations:
Wimbledon, All England Club