The All England Club is blaming human error for a glaring mistake by the electronic system that replaced human line judges this year at Wimbledon

A fully automated system has replaced human line judges at Wimbledon in 2025, a standard practice across tennis events.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova received an apology from Wimbledon officials after claiming she had a game "stolen" from her due to the failure of the Electronic Line Calling (ELC) system during a Wimbledon

Wimbledon organizers have apologized and explained that “human error” was the reason behind the electronic line-calling system being turned off during a match on Sunday.

Kartal shares her thoughts on the Wimbledon electronic line calling system malfunction and Pavlyuchenkova's complaints.

Sonay Kartal was knocked out of Wimbledon after her Russian rival claimed the British player got special treatment when the electronic line calling failed on Centre Court. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 34, recovered to knock the last British female out of the singles 7-6 6-4.