At Wimbledon, the Human Eye Keeps Dropping the Ball

Bianca Andreescu resisted asking for electronic intervention on a crucial shot against Ons Jabeur that the line judge called out but computerized replays later showed was in.Credit...Adam Vaughan/EPA, via ShutterstockAndy Murray was a victim.

Bianca Andreescu was too.

Jiri Lehecka had to play a fifth set and essentially win his third-round match twice.

Hawk-Eye Live, an electronic line calling system, could have saved the players their set, even their match, but Wimbledon doesn’t use it to its full extent, preferring a more traditional approach. The rest of the year on the professional tours, many tournaments rely exclusively on the technology, allowing players to know with near certainty…