Wimbledon will replace line judges with artificial intelligence and an electronic system from next year, removing human officials for the first time in the championship's 147-year history, Afrosport reports. The All England Club has confirmed all 18 match courts will be installed with automated Electronic Line Calling (ELC). The technology will be in place for all qualifying and main draw matches and take the place of...
Ons Jabeur has taken some positives despite her loss to Elina Svitolina in the third round of the ongoing 2024 Wimbledon championship. The Tunisian star was beaten in straight sets 1-6, 6-7 (4-7) by the Ukrainian, ending her hopes of winning the tournament where she was runner-up last year. Jabeur is now looking forward to coming back stronger for the reminder of the tennis season. "Yeah,...
Coco Gauff moved into the Wimbledon fourth round after edging past Britain's Sonay Kartal 6-4, 6-0 in the third round on Friday. The 20-year-old American sensation did not drop a set in her opening two matches against Caroline Dolehide and Anca Alexia Todoni and kept the momentum against 298th-ranked Kartal. Gauff broke Kartal in the opening game of the first set before the Brit responded with...
Frances Tiafoe was unable to progress at the 2024 Wimbledon after losing a five-set third round battle 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7(2-7), 2-6 to defending champion Carlos Alcaraz on Friday. The 26-year-old American of Sierra Leone heritage was broken by Alcaraz in the sixth game of the first set but was able to bounce back by breaking his opponent twice to take the set in 55 minutes....
Ons Jabeur moved into the 2024 Wimbledon third round after a straight sets 6-1, 7-5 win over American teenager Robin Montgomery on Thursday. The Tunisian star defeated Japan's Moyuka Uchijma in straight sets (6-3, 6-1) in the first round and had little trouble in the first set against her second round 19-year-old American opponent. Though Montgomery broke Jabeur in the third game of the first set...
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