Tearful Emma Raducanu hits out at AI line calling after Wimbledon exit
'That call was, like, for sure out,' said Raducanu in her press conference after the match. 'It's kind of disappointing, the tournament here, that the calls can be so wrong, but for the most part they've been OK. It's just, like, I've had a few in my other matches, too, that have been very wrong. So yeah, I don't know. Hopefully, they can fix that.'
To Raducanu's mind, this is not a Wimbledon-specific issue. Asked if she had experienced similar issues at other events with ELC, she replied: 'Yes, I think so.'
Sabalenka said: 'Emma played such incredible tennis and she pushed me really hard to get this win.
'I had to fight for every point to get this win.'
Raducanu's comments followed hard on the heels of similar claims from Jack Draper, her fellow British No 1, who also felt that certain calls had been wrong during his Thursday-night loss to Marin Cilic.
'I don't think it's 100 per cent accurate, in all honesty,' he said after his third second-round exit. 'A couple of the ones today, it showed a mark on the court. There's no way the chalk would have showed.'
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