The All England Club is blaming human error for a glaring mistake by the electronic system that replaced human line judges this year at Wimbledon.

Amanda Anisimova collapsed flat on her face in sheer relief after she survived an astonishing and unexpected fightback from Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to secure a 6-1 7-6(9) victory and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time.

Amanda Anisimova reached her first Grand Slam semi-final in six years after saving five set points in a “super stressful” tie-breaker and finally converting her fourth match point Tuesday (July 8, 2025) for a 6-1,

A ball that clearly landed long in a match at Centre Court wasn't called out because the electronic system that replaced line judges at Wimbledon this year was shut off.

Horrible” was the word that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the woman who grabbed the first quarterfinal spot at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, used to describe her ordeal with Lyme disease.

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Pavlyuchenkova went on to lose the game, leaving Kartal serving for the opening set, and she furiously told umpire Nico Helwerth at the change of ends: “Because she is local, they can say whatever. You took the game away from me.”