Tennis Instant Replay Going Well
Looks like the instant replay feature is going favorably.
Jamea Jackson watched her ground stroke land close to the sideline and when it was called out, she sensed a chance to make a little history.
So she requested a video replay review, the first on the professional tennis tours, even though she thought the ruling was correct.
“I just wanted to be first,” Jackson said with a laugh. “That’s what it really was all about.”
Instant replay made its tour debut this week at the Nasdaq-100 Open, and initial reviews were favourable.
It was used only on the stadium court, which gave Jackson and opponent Ashley Harkleroad the first shot at video replays of their shots.
In a three-hour match won by Jackson, she and Harkleroad challenged two calls each and only one ruling was reversed.
But both players saw a positive impact from the biggest rule change in tennis since the introduction of the tiebreaker 36 years ago.
“It takes a lot of pressure off,” Jackson said. “If you think a call is incorrect, you don’t spend extra games thinking about it. It’s a little less stress,” Harkleroad said.
“If you think you’re sure (about a call), you’re in control of that, not somebody else.”
An impartial judge is always a good thing!
(source)
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