Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advances to Wimbledon quarter-finals but says a game was 'stolen' from her after electronic line failure
The automated line call system was introduced for the first time in this year's Wimbledon tournament to divisive results, with multiple players questioning the system's accuracy and reliability.
The controversial moment happened when Kartal and Pavlyuchenkova were tied 4-4 on the first set, with them exchanging heated volleys in order to win the next game and take the lead. When Kartal's backhand went out of bounds, the line-calling system failed to point it out, leading to the chair umpire asking for the point to be replayed entirely.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova subsequently lost the replayed point, and thus ended up losing the lead to Kartal, with the score being 5-4 in the latter's favor. Despite this, Anastasia would eventually win the match and proceed to the quarter-finals.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the match despite the 'technical error'
'You took the game away from me' Anastasia Pavyluchenkova is absolutely right in telling the chair umpire that.That is embarrassing for tennis.It's embarrassing for Wimbledon The ball was clearly out and the tech failed #Wimbledon #Kartal #Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was not pleased to lose her lead to Sonay Kartal, and outright cried foul because of it, and was outright quoted as saying 'You took the game from me'.
Ultimately, however, Anastasia would end up reversing the advantage the technical error granted her opponent, with her eventually winning the first set outright 7-6, and then winning the second set 6-4.
However, critics of the automated line-call system have nonetheless spoken up about the perceived unfairness Anastasia had to go through, with one user commenting 'That is embarrassing for tennis. It's embarrassing for Wimbledon. The ball was clearly out and the tech failed.'
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has her greatest Wimbledon run since 2016
Anastasia advances 👉Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reaches the quarter-finals at #Wimbledon for the second time after beating Sonay Kartal 7-6(3), 6-4 on Centre Court ✨ pic.twitter.com/25IgoG4HSG
This year's Wimbledon is the second time Anastasia has reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals, with her first breakthrough being in 2016. Back in that year's quarter-finals, she faced off against then defending champion Serena Williams and lost the match.
Overall, her 2025 run on Wimbledon has resulted in her entering her tenth grand slam quarterfinals. Time will tell how she progresses for this point onwards.
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