Wimbledon in new form ready for life without line judges

Wimbledon is guaranteed that it will be perfectly perfect if it starts next week, but the courts will never look the same as before. For the first time in the 148 -year history of the tournament, men and women who say ‘out’ and ‘mistake’ will be missing. The Grand Slam announced in October that it has removed its smart rok officers in favor of electronic line determination (ELC) since 2025 according to the general trend in tennis. The Australian Open and the US Open have already followed this road, the only one of the French Open Grand Slam in which people are still used in this role. Wimbledon is known for his traditions, of white kits carried by players to fans to serve strawberries and ice and fantastic flowers. But the All England Club will have to balance that unique heritage with innovation. Tournament director Jamie Baker emphasized this in an interview with AFP this week. The former professional player said: “Whatever we do, we are associated with the broad tennis ecosystem, comprehensive tennis industry.” “And it was something we had talked about for many years, because we could see how it was moving forward.” And as you can imagine, the tradition with innovation has been balanced for us, is really something we see in almost every decision we made. “Baker emphasized that Wimbledon is careful to protect his legacy, including” untouchables “, which includes their legacy, which includes their legacy, which is also an issue of” untouchable “that is now strictly followed as two decades ago. The integrity of the competition – but the former British number said that the integrity of the competition is an important part of everything.” The highest level to name the lines in this way. The decision to switch to Live ELC, based on existing ball detection and line -breaking technology, was based on comprehensive testing over the past year. Since 2007, Hawk-I has helped officials at some courts in Wimbledon, in which players can challenge many calls.