The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has admitted that the chair umpire in the third-round match of the US Open entered Anna Kalinskaya and Béatrice Haddad-Mayey made an error in favor of the Brazilian.
Kalinskaya lost to her opponent in two sets – 3:6, 1:6. In the first game, the Russian led 2:0, and after the draw with the score 40:40 in the opponent’s service game, she had the opportunity to strengthen her advantage. But at that moment, a controversial episode occurred when the judge counted a point in favor of Haddad-Maya, although the ball managed to land on the court twice after Kalinskaya’s shot. The Russian tennis player made a video replay, but the referee, after VAR intervention, still gave the point to the Brazilian.
The video review specialists did not provide the tower referee with all available angles, which is why she was unable to make the correct decision.
— After the review was completed, the broadcast showed a replay from an additional angle. The chair umpire did not see it when she made her decision, USTA spokesman Brandon McIntyre said. MSN .
The USTA noted that in the future, it will be necessary to establish communication between the chair umpire and video replay officials to avoid such situations.
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