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PARIS, Oct 3 ― The sight of chair umpires ambling down to decide on close line calls at Roland Garros will stay despite growing clamour among players for the introduction of electronic line-calling on clay courts. The French Open is the only one among the four tennis Grand Slams that does not use...

Saturday, 03 Oct 2020 01:38 PM MYT

The French Open is the only one among the four tennis Grand Slams that does not use HawkEye ball-tracking system, instead leaving the umpires to take final decisions based on marks left by the ball on the red clay. It could have been two matchpoints for Shapovalov if the call went in his favour but he ended up losing the match 7-5 6-7 6-3 3-6 8-6 after five hours.

“I would support 100 per cent HawkEye on clay, because at the match from Denis against Roberto yesterday there was a mistake, and then today in my match there was a mistake in my favour actually,” world number three Thiem told reporters.

 

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