Novak Djokovic advocates for general video evidence in tennis.
The trigger was the match point in the Cincinnati round of 16: After Jack Drapers volley, the ball bounced illegally on the American’s half of the court before it entered the opponent’s field Felix Auger-Aliassime flog.
The referee apparently did not see this and gave Draper the point despite heated protests from the Canadian.
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“It’s embarrassing,” Djokovic commented on “X,” “that we don’t have video replay for these kinds of situations. What’s even more ridiculous is that we don’t have a rule that allows the chair umpires to change the original decision based on the video replay.”
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