Wimbledon blames human error for a mistake by the tech that replaced officials. Here's what happened

Umpire Nico Helwerth checks on a line call as Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova plays Sonay Kartal of Britain during a fourth round women's singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 6, 2025. — AP

LONDON: The All England Club, somewhat ironically, is blaming "human error” for a glaring mistake by the electronic system that replaced human line judges this year at Wimbledon.

The CEO of the club, Sally Bolton, said Monday that the technology was "inadvertently deactivated" by someone for three points at Centre Court during