‘You took the game away from me' – Major Wimbledon controversy as new technology FAILS and Kartal rival fumes at umpire
And that sparked a furious rant towards the chair umpire in never-seen-before scenes at Wimbledon.
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Sonay Kartal took on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the last 16.
But the Brit's shot bounced well long at advantage Pavlyuchenkova at 4-4 in the first set.
However, there was no call from the live system - even though replays showed it was clearly out.
The audio system then declared "stop, stop".
That led to a stoppage as the umpire got on his phone to work out what was happening.
And despite the Kartal shot clearly being out, there was no video replay available to the umpire to overrule.
Therefore, a let was called, although Pavlyuchenkova should have had the game.
Incredibly, to add to the drama, Kartal battled back and won the replayed point and then went on to break at a crucial stage of the opening set.
Pavlyuchenkova complained to the umpire when she returned to her seat.
She quite rightly moaned: "I don't know if it's in or it's out. How do I know?
"How can you prove it? Because she is local, they can say whatever.
"You took the game away from me.'
Pavlyuchenkova managed to regroup and break back immediately as Kartal served for the first set, even saving a set point.
This is the first year of Wimbledon since the tournament ditched human line judges for the AI live system.
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