As Wimbledon considers the possibility of AI judging matches, there's a delicate balance between modernization and preserving the tournament's heritage. 🎾
“Line calling obviously is something that is accelerated in the rest of tennis, and we are not making any decisions at this point, but we are constantly looking at those things as to what the future might hold,” Baker said. The men’s ATP tour announced
in April that by 2025, it would be replacing line judges with electronic calling systems that use a combination of cameras and AI technology. Meanwhile, the US Open and Australian Open both use cameras that track tennis ball movements, the paperOne proponent of the swap is John McEnroe. “I think that tennis is one of the few sports where you don’t need umpires or linesmen,” the seven-time Grand Slam champion told the Radio Times in May.
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