The U.S. Tennis Association on Sunday acknowledged that an incorrect call was made when the third-round U.S. Open match between Anna Kalinskaya and Beatriz Haddad Maia was ongoing due to a wrong video replay.
The error was made as a result of the chair umpire’s not being able to see the relevant replay by the officials in charge of video review.
In order to avert such errors in other matches, the tournament referee’s office has called on the officials responsible for providing replays that every necessary angle must be displayed to officials during matches.
The point in question occurred at 11 minutes when Saturday’s match started in Louis Armstrong Stadium when the 15th-seeded Kalinskaya was already 2-0 ahead, with the 22nd-seeded Haddad Maia serving at deuce.
A point was given to Haddad Maia while Kalinskaya questioned the call as she uses the U.S. Open’s video review system.
The system was introduced last year to checkmate disagreements that may arise from extra bounces, player hindrances, and foul shots and where a player’s area is the court before it crosses the net.
This time video review is the fifth time that it will be used in the U.S. Open this year, while the majority of the players advocate that this technology should be applied to all tournaments to assist officials in making correct decisions.
There was a four-minute delay as the chair umpire went ahead to review the replay that was also displayed on the scoreboards, but the replay angle in its error just gave Bley an opportunity to check for a double-bounce, which did just happen but did not show if the ball had first landed on Haddad Maia’s court before it crossed the net.
Kalinskaya angrily went away when Bley said that Haddad Maia would be handed the point. Haddad Maia also secured the next point and the match amid disagreement from the crowd, and she finally won the game with a 6-3, 6-1.
