Wimbledon Official Turns Off AI: Chief Keeps Operator's Identity Secret

The All England club are yet to discover exactly how Wimbledon's new AI technology was switched off during a British star's defeat on Sunday, with the chief executive admitting that an official had not been 'doing their job properly'.

The women's round of 16 clash between Britain's Sonay Kartal and Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova descended into chaos when a shot from the hometown favourite that was clearly out was not called as such by the technology - which had been brought in to replace the iconic line judges for the first time this year.

A statement from the All England club on Sunday revealed that the technology had been switched off in error during one game and that three calls were missed as a result.

Fronting the media on Monday, All England chief executive Sally Bolton insisted there was no requirement to provide a public explanation and promised no review of how the ‘electronic line calling’ technology was working, despite insisting that the situation would not be repeated.

Helwerth was assigned no matches at Wimbledon on Monday, despite having been on the roster of match officials every other day at Wimbledon this year. The All England club insisted that he had not been demoted, like a Premier League football referee, and was on a normal day off.

The circumstances behind a deactivation of the electronic system for an entire game of Kartal’s match against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dominated a fiery ten-minute press conference given by Bolton today.

According to the source: Daily Mail.