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DarthPneumono t1_jectiy9 wrote

Reply to comment by nervouspencil in Tennis umpire handed lifetime ban for manipulating scoring by PrincessBananas85

> The vast majority of officiated matches do not have electronic line calling

Is there a reason they don't just... have some cameras? 3 or 4 perspectives around the court and you could call basically anything, right?

edit: y'all this was a genuine question, calm yourselves

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hockeyfan1133 t1_jed4zep wrote

That’s not financially feasible.

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DarthPneumono t1_jefccwo wrote

Can you explain why? The cost of the cameras, the person reviewing them, something else? I'm very out of my field here, asking out of curiosity.

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crasyeyez t1_jedi41n wrote

Then how do they do it for badminton, which is far less popular?

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ParticularResident17 t1_jeddq7s wrote

The different lines on a court are boundaries for certain things, like serving. When calling a match, for fair play, the ball has to at least touch the line when it’s compressed by maximum downward force. So a ball that looks like it didn’t touch the line may very well have but a ball at a lower velocity may not. That’s why there are two officials with good views of the boundaries.

So not only are we talking a lot of cameras, most would need to do super-slo-mo and be cost prohibitive. They would also have to account for velocity and why on earth am I writing about tennis scoring at 1am omg I have to go to sleep.

Hope this helps!

E: this is confusing because I’m tired. I can explain it better tomorrow 🤪

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DarthPneumono t1_jefbxno wrote

It does, thank you :) now get some sleep...

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ParticularResident17 t1_jefic9w wrote

Can’t believe that’s as coherent as it is 😂 Glad I could help!

And yeah! Why are people downvoting you? It’s a really good question! We have cameras in every other sport — why not tennis?

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