Arguing over marks on a clay court again and I think Felix has a point, it sure looked like Diego's smash was wide, but it's called in. It was a pretty crucial point as well, 1-1 and 30-all.
Diego takes it 3-6 6-2 6-3 - The turning point was the questionable call above as not only did Diego go on to hold serve, but Felix was clearly rattled and he was broken in the very next game. Sure would have liked to have seen a Hawk-Eye replay as I truly think it was out. Oh well.
so you're telling me you did not feel the exhilaration of watching the umpire climb down from his chair and people pointing at the ground and talking forcefully to each other? what kind of fairweather fan are you?
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so you're telling me you did not feel the exhilaration of watching the umpire climb down from his chair and people pointing at the ground and talking forcefully to each other? what kind of fairweather fan are you?
lol - Jack, we have the technology on close line calls and even Tennis TV is embracing Hawk-Eye on their replays when it is available to confirm whether or not the correct call was made. This is not a criticism of clay court tennis, but rather a criticism of hanging on to tradition when it is no longer needed.
Tsitsipas just tried to take off Alcaraz's head on set point with a bullet of a forehand. Carlos takes the opening set 6-4 and Greek Yogurt is pissing his pants lol
So wait a tick, Tsitsipas just challenged a call and they have the FoxTenn system (Hawk-Eye competitor). Why don't they have this on all the courts to allow the players to challenge?
Oh man, Alcaraz was up a double-break serving at 4-1 in set 2 and then Greek Yogurt won six of the next seven games to take set 2 7-5. Off to a 3rd set.
Edit: Tsitsipas tried to plunk Alacaraz again lol - The net cord got in the way.
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And i don't think that was anything, he hit that from the baseline, not from the frontcourt purposely.
GY had plenty of time to line up a proper passing shot, but look how weird his swing was and how the ball just flies off screen into the back wall. that's an indisputable beanball. he'll have plenty of time to think about it while packing his bags for Madrid.
lol - Jack, we have the technology on close line calls and even Tennis TV is embracing Hawk-Eye on their replays when it is available to confirm whether or not the correct call was made. This is not a criticism of clay court tennis, but rather a criticism of hanging on to tradition when it is no longer needed.
so I found a Matt Willis article from a year ago discussing the hesitation around computer line calling on clay
since Hawkeye is a simulation with a defined margin of error, it's probably never going to be accepted on clay. but the Foxtenn system with the bounce replay doesn't fix everything either, because at super shallow angles the ball can just barely graze the court before impact and not leave a mark until later in its trajectory. so you'll end up with the system disagreeing with the marks that players and umps know and love, and mass hysteria will ensue.
the only way for Foxtenn to be used on clay is if they just declare that marks are not valid for line calling under any circumstances. that is going to be a tough sell.
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