Moment of truth: Tech firms in tennis line-call battle

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A behind-the-scenes battle at the world's top tennis tournaments pits an upstart newcomer and an established star.

Hawk-Eye, the British firm that innovated ball-tracking technology, has been ruling the sector for more than a decade.Its famous video simulations of contested line calls at Grand Slam tournaments are known to tennis lovers around the world.

Hawk-Eye, which operates a dozen or so cameras placed around the tennis court, officially acknowledges a three-millimetre or so margin of error in its simulations of where the tennis ball would bounce.For Foxtenn that tiny margin is too wide and it says it can offer real-time technology that eliminates any room for debate.

Simon says that so far around 30 men's and women's tennis tournaments have adopted the FoxTenn system, or about 20 percent of the professional circuit. One tournament which already uses Foxtenn, Marseille Open, found that initial difficulties were overcome after two seasons.

 

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