Andy Roddick should thank the man who developed Hawk-Eye and it was this replay
technology which helped the American to reach the semifinal at the Queen’s Cup in the Wimbledon warm-up tournament.
Roddick began rather poorly as his British opponent Alex Bogdanovic seized the first set 6-4. The American then crawled back into the game and held the Briton 5-5 in the tie-breaker when a line call looked doubtful.
Roddick asked for a Hawk-Eye replay which proved his case and the chair umpire awarded him the point as the American went on to win the second set and then the third to wrap up the match. The final score read 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in Roddick’s favour.
The American later asserted that the technology should be put to use in every tournament.
He said
I’ve been a big supporter of Hawk-Eye and today is the reason why. There’s a big difference between being down match point and up set point. Needless to say, I would have been a little perturbed if they’d have got that one wrong.
Bogdanovic too took advantage of the replay system and succeeded in changing a line call decision even though he could not win the match.
Rain dropped the curtain on the day’s proceedings at a time when top seed Rafael Nadal was leading 7-6(3), 5-3 against Max Mirnyi of Belarus.
