ATP Cup: Innovative video reviews and other news
A new innovative form of video surveillance was used at the ATP Cup in Australia. We are talking about additional cameras that give the player the opportunity to have other referee decisions checked in addition to the classic line calls. Also a model for the ATP tour?
by Felix Lang
last edit: Jan 12, 2020, 03:11 pm
The idea behind the idea is not only to make the game as fair as possible, but also to make the audience's emotional involvement in the game as interesting and exciting as possible. In addition to line calls, the new technology also offers the option of having foot errors, double ball jumps, touching the ball or net attacks checked.
It is already used at the Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan, which is not an official tour competition. At the ATP Cup in Australia, both players and coaches have access to statistics and videos of points played during the match.
Video evidence as a key moment in the quarter-finals
For the Spaniards around Rafael Nadal , the new video evidence in the quarterfinals against Belgium was already a door opener to get back into the match. After the first set was lost, the Spanish team secured the decisive point for break in the second set with a score of 5: 5 in the new form of video evidence.