Follow usThis year’s U.S. Open tournament will have a video review option to check if a ball is double bounced during a game. It is one of the hardest calls for the umpires as it is a matter of inches and unlike line calls where the automatic system already works, with double bounces it is purely left on the decision of the referees.
U.S. Open will start at August 28th and this video review will make its debut in New York.
“There were certain situations, of course, where you would see a video post-match and wish you had made a different decision,” Garner told The Associated Press, “or wish you had assistance in making that decision.”
Video review — which is separate from the electronic line-calling used for ruling balls in or out at all matches — will be set up for five of the Open’s 17 competition courts: Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, Court 5 and Court 17.
Last year at U.S. Open the umpire didn’t see if a ball bounced twice during the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud and the Norwegian had to confirm himself that he didn’t get to the ball in time. Here is a video from that moment:
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