‘Utter garbage’
Tim Henman hit back at Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper questioning the accuracy of the Hawk-Eye live electronic line calling system – and said their complaints are “utter garbage”.
Both Draper and Raducanu felt key calls were wrong at this year’s Wimbledon.
But All England Club member and BBC pundit Henman refuted their claims after watching back slow-mo replays.
He said: “The narrative around players questioning the accuracy of the calling – that, to me, is just utter garbage.
“I was commentating on some of those matches and when you see it in real time, you sort of think: ‘Did that look out?’
“Then, when you go back, as I’ve done, and look at them in slow motion, they are on the outside edge of the line, they hit the line.
“You can sometimes see even that little puff of white chalk, whatever it is.
“This is technology that’s been around for a long, long time. It’s a Hawk-Eye version when we had line judges.
“So, this is an enhanced version. Is the technology accurate? Absolutely, 100 per cent.
“The system, when it is activated, is working 100 per cent.”
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