2023-08-29 22:18:10
A failed first. We were in the last game of the first round of the US Open between Andy Murray and Corentin Moutet on Tuesday, when the Frenchman requested the use of VAR, a first in a tennis match, for a ball from the Briton which would not have not doubled, according to Moutet – the referee, Louise Engzell, considered so and awarded the point to the former world number 1.
The referee of the meeting took out a tablet and put a headset on his ears to be in communication with the teams in charge of the video. A double window with the referee on one side and the disputed situation on the other was displayed on the screen. The situation was displayed on the big screen to the spectators of the court. The ball seemed to have doubled.
Except that after several minutes of uncertainty, Louise Engzell announced to the player bearing the complaint, Moutet, that the image displayed was not that of the VAR. “Unfortunately the VAR doesn’t work, what you’re watching here is from the TV, so the original decision still stands,” she told the Frenchman, who sounded dumbfounded. A few minutes later, he finally surrendered (6-2, 7-5, 6-3) against Murray.
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