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Hindustan Times
30-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
French Open: Icy Rybakina cruises past fiery Ostapenko
Mumbai: In tennis' fabled tales of fire and ice, a new installment unfolded on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Friday. Elena Rybakina is calmness personified. The tall Kazakh gives little to no reaction regardless of what has transpired on the court — hers was easily the most muted celebration to winning a Grand Slam, when she captured the Wimbledon crown in 2022. Facing her was the combustible Jelena Ostapenko. The fiery Latvian stares daggers, challenges umpires and HawkEye calls, and is known to offer a disgruntled handshake at the end of a loss. Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, is one heck of a player. No matter the match situation, she rarely steps off the gas. Genius when she finds her range, reckless when she misses. And in their French Open third round match, the mercurial Ostapenko was often off the mark. After just 71 minutes of play, Rybakina ran away with the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win. Rybakina earned a break in the first game of the match itself. That opening game lasted 12 minutes and had Ostapenko commit five double faults. The Kazakh did struggle with her first serves in the opening set, but what made the difference was that she was able to defend her second serves. She managed to put in only six first serves in the opening set, but went on to win 12 off her 15 second service points. True to their nature, Rybakina offered a simple fist-pump once her forehand hit the backboard on match point. Ostapenko's handshake was brief, and she had packed her bags and was on her way to the exit even before her opponent could get to the bench. Rybakina will be banking on her calm when she next steps on court at Roland Garros. She takes on the three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek next. Bhambri through to third round India's Yuki Bhambri and his American partner Robert Galloway are through to the third round of men's doubles at the French Open. The duo scored a 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-3 win over seventh seeds Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic on Friday. This is the first time Bhambri has reached the third round at the tournament. The duo next play the all-American team of Evan King and Christian Harrison.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Why does French Open not have electronic line calling?
The French Open does not use electronic line calling and continues to rely on line judges and umpires - as well as using ball marks left on clay to determine whether shots are in or not. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam tournament that still uses line judges and players are not allowed to use electronic replays to challenge human decision. There are two factors for the French Open's reluctance to change: maintaining traditions synonymous with the 134-year-old tournament and an unwillingness to lose human control. "I think we are right to keep our referees and line judges at Roland Garros," said Gilles Moretton, president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT). "The federation wants to keep our referees for as long as we can. I hope we'll be able to maintain it in our tournaments in the future." Electronic line calling uses cameras, computers and sensors to track a ball and is used by tennis umpires to judge whether a ball is in or out. It has been claimed the red dust layer on the clay courts of Roland Garros compromises the accuracy and reliability of the technology because it is a 'live' surface which moves during the match. But Paul Hawkins, the inventor of electronic line calling system Hawk-Eye, says the technology is accurate on the surface and it is the mark left by the ball on the clay that is not accurate. "It's like a cliff edge [the plastic white line], so [the ball] can hit that part of the line and then carry on travelling forwards and not actually hit the clay until four or five millimetres beyond the line, which would then be where you would begin to see a mark on the court," Hawkins told BBC Sport. "The mark on the court looks like it is out whereas actually it has clipped the line." However, Hawkins believes Roland Garros is possibly "better" without electronic line calling and says that if players looking at the mark - which has been done for more than a century - is accepted, then "it is still fair". The Australian Open and US Open - both played on hard courts - dispensed with human line judges in 2021 and 2022 respectively in favour of solely relying on automated calls. Wimbledon - played on grass - introduced Hawk-Eye technology in 2007 to enable players to challenge calls made by line judges. This year, after 147 years of line judges, the tournament is replacing them with the electronic calling system. This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. Ask Me Anything is a service dedicated to answering your questions. We want to reward your time by telling you things you do not know and reminding you of things you do. The team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and pundits. We will be answering your questions from the heart of the BBC Sport newsroom, and going behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest sporting events. Our coverage will span the BBC Sport website, app, social media and YouTube accounts, plus BBC TV and radio. Why do tennis players do on-court interviews? When does it get too hot to play tennis? What is a protected ranking in tennis?
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Why does French Open not have electronic line calling?
The French Open does not use electronic line calling and continues to rely on line judges and umpires - as well as using ball marks left on clay to determine whether shots are in or Garros is the only Grand Slam tournament that still uses line judges and players are not allowed to use electronic replays to challenge human are two factors for the French Open's reluctance to change: maintaining traditions synonymous with the 134-year-old tournament and an unwillingness to lose human control."I think we are right to keep our referees and line judges at Roland Garros," said Gilles Moretton, president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT)."The federation wants to keep our referees for as long as we can. I hope we'll be able to maintain it in our tournaments in the future." Roland Garros possibly 'better' with line judges Electronic line calling uses cameras, computers and sensors to track a ball and is used by tennis umpires to judge whether a ball is in or has been claimed the red dust layer on the clay courts of Roland Garros compromises the accuracy and reliability of the technology because it is a 'live' surface which moves during the Paul Hawkins, the inventor of electronic line calling system Hawk-Eye, says the technology is accurate on the surface and it is the mark left by the ball on the clay that is not accurate."It's like a cliff edge [the plastic white line], so [the ball] can hit that part of the line and then carry on travelling forwards and not actually hit the clay until four or five millimetres beyond the line, which would then be where you would begin to see a mark on the court," Hawkins told BBC Sport."The mark on the court looks like it is out whereas actually it has clipped the line."However, Hawkins believes Roland Garros is possibly "better" without electronic line calling and says that if players looking at the mark - which has been done for more than a century - is accepted, then "it is still fair". What technology do the other Grand Slams use? The Australian Open and US Open - both played on hard courts - dispensed with human line judges in 2021 and 2022 respectively in favour of solely relying on automated - played on grass - introduced Hawk-Eye technology in 2007 to enable players to challenge calls made by line judges. This year, after 147 years of line judges, the tournament is replacing them with the electronic calling article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. What is Ask Me Anything? Ask Me Anything is a service dedicated to answering your want to reward your time by telling you things you do not know and reminding you of things you team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and will be answering your questions from the heart of the BBC Sport newsroom, and going behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest sporting coverage will span the BBC Sport website, app, social media and YouTube accounts, plus BBC TV and radio. More questions answered... Why do tennis players do on-court interviews?When does it get too hot to play tennis?What is a protected ranking in tennis?
Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Sighing at a colleague? That could count as workplace harassment
Many a sigh has been heaved by bosses at an underling who has caused irritation. Well, now a judge has warned that expressing that frustration can legally be considered harassment. Using 'non-verbal' expressions of disappointment or irritation can breach equality laws, an employment tribunal judge has ruled in a case involving a software engineer who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Robert Watson claimed that his manager's 'sighing and exaggerating exhales' were discriminatory. He is now in line for compensation from Roke Manor Research, the company that invented the Hawk-Eye technology for sports including cricket, football and tennis. Watson joined the company in 2020 and had ADHD diagnosed two years later. The tribunal in Southampton was told that his timekeeping was 'poor', he was 'easily
The Guardian
21-05-2025
- Health
- The Guardian
Sighing at a colleague in frustration could be discriminatory, tribunal rules
Sighing at a colleague at work in frustration could breach equality laws, an employment tribunal has ruled. Nonverbal expressions of disappointment or irritation could amount to discrimination, a judge said. The ruling came in the case of a software engineer with ADHD who successfully sued a tech company for disability discrimination after complaining about his manager's sighing and exaggerated exhales. Robert Watson is now in line for compensation from Roke Manor Research, the inventors of the Hawk-Eye ball tracking system used at Wimbledon, in international cricket and football. The hearing in Southampton was told Watson started working for the company, based in Romsey, Hampshire, as a software engineer in August 2020. The identities of other staff involved in the tribunal were not publicly disclosed after the company raised the issue of national security given the sensitive nature of some of its projects. The tribunal was told that Watson's time keeping was poor, he was easily distracted and he had some difficulties focusing as a result of his ADHD, which was not diagnosed until November 2022. Watson began taking medication after his diagnosis and took four days off sick. When he returned to work, the technical lead of one of the projects he was working on, referred to as DT by the tribunal, told him that he had to do several days' worth of additional work partly because of this absence. Over the next weeks DT continued to criticise him. '[Watson] alleges that DT questioned [his] hours of work and his patterns of work and the time he spent at his project desk and that he expressed nonverbal frustration such as sighing and exaggerating exhales,' the summary of evidence said. Watson went off sick with work related stress from February 2023 and never returned. He filed his claim for disability discrimination in May 2023 and was sacked in January 2024. DT's behaviour towards him was found to be discriminatory by the tribunal. The employment judge at the tribunal, Catherine Rayner, said: 'I conclude the reason for the expressions of frustration arose from things which themselves arose from [Watson]'s disability such as his time keeping and working patterns and the fact that he was spending time away from his project desk. 'Had [Roke Manor Research] taken steps to identify adjustments required for [Mr Watson] at an earlier stage and provided both him and the project lead with necessary support it is entirely possible that DT would not have himself suffered with such work pressure and it is possible therefore that this discrimination would have been avoided.' Other claims Watson made relating to disability discrimination and a claim of unfair dismissal failed. His compensation will be decided at a later date.
