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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said a game was ‘stolen’ from her when Wimbledon’s electronic line-calling system failed during her fourth-round match against Britain’s Sonay Kartal.<\/b><\/p>\n
There was no ‘out’ call when a Kartal backhand went long at 4-4 in the first set, with chair umpire Nico Helwerth halting play.<\/p>\n
Russian Pavlyuchenkova had seen the ball was out – and a TV replay showed that was the case by some distance.<\/p>\n
Addressing the crowd, Helwerth said: “We’re just going to check if the system was up and running, because there was no audio call.”<\/p>\n
After a telephone call, he announced the electronic system “was unfortunately unable to track the last point” and ordered the point to be replayed.<\/p>\n
Umpires can decide to make their own call if the system breaks down and are also entitled to replay the point. <\/p>\n
Had the ball been called out, Pavlyuchenkova would have won the point and taken the lead.<\/p>\n
Instead, it was replayed, Kartal won the point and went on to break for a 5-4 lead.<\/p>\n