Wimbledon tennis tournament replaces human line judges with electronic system
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Line-calling technology has long been used at Wimbledon and other tennis tournaments to call whether serves are in or out.
Line-calling technology has long been used at Wimbledon and other tennis tournaments to call whether serves are in or out.
Wimbledon is replacing line judges with electronic line-calling, the latest step into the modern age by the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament.
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WIMBLEDON have ditched line judges for the first time in its 147-year history.