'Stole the game': tech goes wrong

WIMBLEDON: RUSSIAN KEEPS HER COOL TO ADVANCE

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said a game was "stolen" from her after Wimbledon's electronic line-calling system failed at a key moment in her fourth-round match against Sonay Kartal yesterday.

The Russian put the controversy behind her to beat the British player 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 in just over two hours on Centre Court.

But the glitch in the fourth-round match follows concerns raised by other players about the technology.

A fully automated system has replaced human line judges at Wimbledon in 2025, ending nearly 150 years of history.

Yesterday, a tight first set between Pavlyuchenkova and Kartal was marred by a computer failure that could have proved pivotal.