Hawk-Eye to replace line judges at Next Gen Finals in Milan
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Line judges will be replaced by Hawk-Eye technology at the inaugural Next Gen Finals in November.
For the first time at an ATP event, the umpire will be the only official on court at the tournament in Milan.
The decision has been described as a possible "landmark moment" for the sport by ATP official Gayle David Bradshaw.
The tournament will feature the top eight players aged 21 or under and takes place from 7-11 November.
Germany's world number four Alexander Zverev, 20, has qualified for the event after winning two Masters 1000 titles this year.
Shorter sets and a shot clock are among the ideas that will also be trialled at the event.
Hawk-Eye allows players to use video replays to question line calls. It was first used at Wimbledon in 2007.
At the Next Gen Finals, decisions will be final and players will not be able to challenge calls as they do at most tournaments via Hawk-Eye playback.
However, marginal calls will still be accompanied by a visualisation on screens around the stadium.
Foot-faults, usually called by judges positioned in line with the baseline, will be decided by a review official using a camera to monitor the server's feet.
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No point allowing the risk of human error ruining a player's chances.
I am, however, concerned that they will also be trialing shorter sets and a shot clock. Both of these seem like bad ideas that will take the sport in the wrong direction.
You've missed Nadal's full preserve routine... bounce ball, tuck hair behind ears, pull underwear out of bum crack, repeat until your opponent's fallen asleep...
I can't even watch him now.
In tennis, the ball has landed, there's no guesswork involved. That means it can absolutely be used for something like this, in the same way it and similar systems judge whether a ball has crossed the goalline in football.
@15 - Originally British, now owned by Sony.
As a side note, can we replace boxing judges with robots please? They'd probably do a better job than the human ones in the GGG v Canelo fight over the weekend.
Also, when will the women start playing 5-set matches at Grand Slam tournaments? That should be done rather than shortening matches. All in the name of equality you understand.
It has transformed cricket and may do the same for tennis.
Don't like it. Keep tennis as it is!
So this is how they will *manufacture* equality is it? Handing women the power to say "But we are playing 5 sets, just like the men" by forcing the men to underplay themselves is hardly equal.
Female marathon runners run a full marathon, women's football plays for 90 minutes, so what is it about tennis players, that makes them so incapable by comparison?
But still, who/what will make the initial "OUT" call??