- Line calls supplied by Wimbledon have replaced human judges
- Players like Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu expressed the frustration of dubious calls
- Despite its precision, the Wimbledon AI system has experienced dysfunctions that have also increased fans among fans
Wimbledon made the headlines this year by completely eliminating judges from the human line, by replacing them with a system powered by AI designed to make automated calls by punctual precision. But although technology can get most calls, it also leads to the frustration of players and fans. Complaints have devoted missed or delayed calls, inaudible announcements and a lack of transparency when things go wrong.
Hawk-Eye Live, a system made up of a high-speed cameras nest and AI treatment, now officiates all Wimbledon line calls and is supposed to be incredibly precise, more than the fact that humans border the courtyard.
But calls were not always as precise or even as audible as they should be. You may not notice it on television, where the commentators fill the silence, but apparently, the players had trouble hearing real calls. Yue Yuan literally asked the referee during his match if someone could increase the volume of the AI.
You just have to ask Jack Draper, who, after a difficult defeat against Marin Cilic, said that he was wary of the accuracy of the AI in several cases. Emma Raducanu raised a similar problem after losing a narrow match against Aryna Sabalenka. She clearly indicated that she thought one of the line calls was downright false, coming out when the AI said that it was not
Without forgetting, when Sonay Kartal was on the verge of victory against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the AI system has just closed. The Club All England later apologized, saying: “It is now clear that the ELC system live, which was operating optimally, was mistakenly disabled on the server of the field for a game by those that work the system.”
Stolen
Not all tournaments use AI. The French Open still retains human judges. It is a question of power, as well as precision. If a referee makes a bad call, a player can challenge him. But the new Wimbledon system is the judge. You cannot contest with a robot voice or claim that he was diverting the bad time. The All England Club presents the fair system than the judges of the human line. Whether true or not, the displaced line judges are naturally upset. More than 300 of them were cut this year, and some presented themselves outside the land containing protest panels.
The judges of the AI line did not come out of nowhere. Wimbledon has approached the AI judgment for years, and other tournaments have already abandoned line judges. But it may not just be machines. Wimbledon is a strange tournament, full of ritual. When you remove the line judges and their arm movements, it removes a major element from the tournament. And without the human fulfillments that make the tournament fun, Wimbledon is simply insane of a bullet between two snowshoes.
