Wimbledon is Wimble-done with line judges

Sports/Entertainment / The grass-court Grand Slam announced it will switch to electronic-line calling next year.

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The Wimbledon Championships, the most prestigious of professional tennis events, declared it would no longer use human line judges at next year’s tournament. In 2025, the London event will use an electronic line-calling system (ELC) instead.

First reported in The Times of London, the announcement marks a radical change to a 147-year-old tradition, albeit one that’s on trend with the sport’s broad shift toward

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