The Chief Executive Officer of the England Club said that the umpire, who works at the center of Sunday’s electronic line-jolting dispute in Wimbledon, is “a rest day”.
An “operator error” meant that the ball-tracking technique was accidentally deactivated for a game in the fourth round match at the Center court between Sonay Kartal of Britain and Anastasia Paviluchenkova.
Cartal sent a backhand long, when the game indicates downwards at 4-4, but it was not detected by the line-call system, which instead made two automatic calls of the “stop”.
Umpire Nico Helwan opted to play this point again – which Kartal won – but was criticized by Paviluchenkova and some pundits and not to exercise his right to exclude the ball.
All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) stated that he “followed the established process”.
Asked about the absence of helvaarth from umpire Rota on Monday, AELTC Chief Executive Officer Sally Bolton said: “We have regular rotation of our umpires. Like players, a little bit like players, umpires also need rest days throughout the tournament.
“So he is doing a rest day today.
“He is fine. Look, it is really important to say that the umpire followed the protocol in place. He did what he needed to do in court and worked completely correctly.”
