The drama of a player shouting and making a challenge, and the crowd watching the screen and waiting for Hawk-Eye to make a decision, all of that drama is now lost.
It is sad that we won't be going back as line judges. The game has moved on, but never say never.
Essentially, we have a human being and technology calling the same line. The electronic line call can overrule the human eye.
While he's sad to see line judges go, he says it's hard to argue with the logic. It was announced last year that the ATP tour would replace the human line judge with an electronic system from 2025.
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