Chair umpire Bernardes faults McEnroe on 'no umpire' scheme

LONDON (Reuters) - Brazilian chair umpire Carlos Bernardes has heard all about former Wimbledon champion John McEnroe's call for doing away with umpires, and he doesn't buy it for a second.

If anything, Bernardes told Reuters, the pace of the game and the money involved at the higher echelons have made umpires and linesmen more necessary than ever - despite the technological advances like the Hawkeye system that can check whether a ball is in or out with greater accuracy than any human.