London.- The Wimbledon tournament announced this Wednesday that it will replace the line judges with an electronic system, which will change the appearance of the courts in the traditional London tennis tournament.
These line judges, dressed in a very particular code, are as much a part of the tournament landscape as the strawberries and cream or the all-white uniform imposed on the players.
But Wimbledon now aligns itself with other tournaments around the world, and indicates that this change is to “balance tradition and innovation.” The ATP men’s tournament announced in 2023 the adoption of electronic line calling (ELC) from 2025 throughout the circuit to “optimize accuracy and consistency in tournaments”, and the All England Club has now announced that it will make the switch to from 2025.
“This technology will be on all courts for tournament and qualifying matches and will be used to indicate ‘out’ and ‘fault’, which until now were the job of the linesmen,” says Wednesday’s statement. .
The 2025 edition of Wimbledon will take place from June 30 to July 13.
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