What do you think of electronic decision-making in sport?

Wimbledon has issued an apology following a malfunction in its new electronic line-calling system during a match yesterday.

WIMBLEDON HAS APOLOGISED following a malfunction in its new electronic line-calling system, which was mistakenly deactivated during a match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sonay Kartal.

The error became apparent when a shot from Kartal that missed the baseline was not called out. The incorrect call resulted in Pavlyuchenkova missing a 5-4 lead, which led to a replay and Kartal winning the game.

Following the incident, Pavlyuchenkova said that the reliance on electronic decision-making in tennis is causing the sport to lose its charm and become “robot-orientated”.

Wimbledon organisers have strongly defended the system despite controversy over the removal of line judges.

So, tell us: What do you think of electronic decision-making in sport?

Poll Results:

It's good, but it shouldn't completely replace human judges (2657)

I think it's a great addition to sport (1000)

It could be improved (602)

I don't think it should be used in sport (601)

No opinion (166)

I think it's a great addition to sport
It's good, but it shouldn't completely replace human judges
It could be improved
I don't think it should be used in sport
No opinion

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Organisers have previously defended the new electronic system that replaced human line judges Alamy Stock Photo

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