Written in SPORTS he 9/10/2024 · 13:41 hs
England.- The tournament of Wimbledon will delete in your edit 2025 the linesmen after 147 years of tradition.
On the 18 competitive tracks of the All England Club will be used in 2025 the automatic line calling system (ELC), which will mean the elimination of some 300 lines judges who were operating in the tournament, according to the British newspaper “The Times.”
This electronic system has been used regularly since the US Open in 2020during the covid pandemic, and the ATP He is going to use it in all the tournaments on this circuit starting next year.
Furthermore, this evolution of the hawk’s eye will cause the “challenges” of which the tennis players had -three per set-, since each ball will be called in a space of one tenth of a second from when it bounces on the court. This will not have an impact on the chair umpires, who will continue in their position.
With this movement, there are now three Grand Slams who use the ELC, US Open, Australian Open y Wimbledonand just stays outside Roland Garrossince the clay, since the mark of the ball remains, has become unmarked for the moment of technology.
The tournament of Wimbledon has delayed the start of its men’s and women’s finals by two hours to accommodate US time.
In this way, the women’s final will be played on Saturday, as before, but at 4:00 p.m. United Kingdom, instead of at 2:00 p.m. The men’s doubles final will begin at 1:00 p.m., instead of being played once the women’s doubles final has finished, as was done until now.
In the case of the men’s final, it will be played on Sunday at 4:00 p.m., instead of 2:00 p.m., with the women’s doubles final to be played at 1:00 p.m.
“We have adjusted the provisional schedule for the final weekend of Wimbledon with the ambition of improving the experience for everyone involved. Doubles players will have greater certainty of what time they play and fans will enjoy the day in a crescendo until the arrival of the men’s and women’s finals, with our champions crowned in front of the largest possible global audience,” said Sally Bolton, chief executive of the All England Club.
With this change, the start of the men’s final on Sunday will coincide with 11:00 New Yorkwith which the outcome of the final will take place in the afternoon in USA and not even in the morning, as was currently the case.
This coincides with a boom time for American tennis, with Coco Gauff, who was proclaimed champion of the US Open in 2023, and Taylor Fritzwhich in the past US Open He was the first American man in a final since Andy Roddick in Wimbledon 2009.
Furthermore, they are Emma Navarro, Jessica Pegula, Frances Tiafoe y Tommy Paul as common names in the final stages of major tournaments.
