Thursday, March 19, 2009

Hawk Eye Flaw RIDICULIS


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The Croat was on the bad side of the worst line call in the history of lines calls that I have ever seen. A ball was hit wide, the judges all saw it wide, Ivan saw it wide, it was called wide and the hawk eye caught the wrong bounce. The judge would not even overrule the call of hawkeye, what a chicken sh&(*t. I wonder after the initial ATP mess he was in earlier this year and now this, I would be fed up with tennis sending out resumes for another career. I cannot believe this mistake. The judge had an opportunity to be a HERO and did not. He should had alpha maled the rules and the hawk eye call and made the call out. DAMN IT! Here's the story...

Electronic Line-calling Malfunction Costs Ljubicic at Indian Wells Tennis
. A replay call during a match between Andy Murray and Ivan Ljubicic on Thursday at the event in Indian Wells brought into question the accuracy of the “Hawkeye” instant video replay line-calling system.
Serving at 5-7, 4-4, ad out, Ljubicic apparently won the point when Murray’s high lob landed wide near the net. Murray then signaled to use one of his replay challenges, which digitally showed the ball landing in the middle of the line. The actual review showed the ball landing well wide. Upon a second look, it appeared the replay system acknowledged the second bounce when the high lob originally bounced wide, but the second bounce landed on the line. After losing the replay point, Ljubicic lost the next point to lose his serve, walking to his chair for the changeover while the Indian Wells crowd booed the electronic line call. Ljubicic had argued to no avail with the chair umpire that the make the electronic line-calling system had made was “ridiculous.”