Overview

• The All England Club said the electronic line calling system was inadvertently deactivated on one side due to human error, causing it to miss three out calls at 4-4 in the first set.
• German umpire Nico Helwerth, unaware of the system outage, halted play after ruling a ball out and ordered the point to be replayed.
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova protested that officials had stolen her game but recovered to win the match 7-6(7-3), 6-4 against Sonay Kartal.
• Wimbledon eliminated on-court line judges for the first time in its 147-year history by deploying a 12-camera Hawk-Eye system across all courts.
• Organizers pledged to strengthen testing protocols and overhaul operational procedures to ensure uninterrupted electronic officiating for the rest of the tournament.