A line judge makes a call as Russia's Anastasia Pavliuchenkova plays China's Zheng Qinwen during their first round match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, on May 25, 2025. — AP
PARIS: For Novak Djokovic, this is a relatively easy call: He, like many players, thinks the French Open is making a mistake by eschewing the electronic line-calling used at most big tennis tournaments and instead remaining old school by letting line judges decide whether serves or other shots land in or out.
Plenty of sports, from soccer and baseball to the NFL, are replacing, or at least helping, officials with some form of high-tech replays or other technology. Tennis, too, is following that trend, except at Roland-Garros, where competition continues through June 8.
