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US Open does away with line judges, a year after Novak Djokovic was disqualified for hitting one – ABC News
The US Tennis Association and the sport’s two leading professional tours, the ATP and WTA, say Hawk-Eye Live electronic line-calling will be used for all competition…
Novak Djokovic does not need to worry about accidentally hitting a US Open line judge with a tennis ball between points this year because there won’t be any line judges chair umpires will be the only on-court officials at that grand slam tournament’s matches.
- Only electronic line-calling will be used on all courts at the US Open for the first time
- World number one Novak Djokovic was booted from the tournament last year for accidentally hitting a line judge
- Djokovic says he supports the use of technology…
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