Article by David Istrate – published on Sunday, July 06, 2025, 17:21 / updated on Sunday, July 6, 20:32
During the first set of the duel with Sonay Kartal (23 years, 51 WTA) in Wimbledon finals, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (34 years old, 50 WTA) criticized the electronic arbitration and reproached him for stealing a range.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sonay Kartal, neighbors in the WTA standings, duel for a place in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. The first set on the central land was extremely balanced, lasted 78 minutes and recorded a tense moment.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, disturbed by the passivity of the referee: “You stole a range”
Specifically, at the score of 4-4, Pavlyuchenkova had balls on her own service. An opponent's blow landed very clearly on the outside, But the electronic arbitration considered that the ball landed inside the box.
Despite the Russian protests, the main referee chose not to intervene and rely on the decision of the electronic arbitration, so the world number 50 lost the point. Kartal took advantage of this situation and succeeded a break, reaching the situation to serve to win the inaugural sequence.
The Elc System did not call an obvious out after a shot by kartal. After a temporary issue with the system, the decision was made to… replay the point. Had the Point Been Awarded to Anastasia, It Would Have Been 5–4 for Pavlyuchenkova. Ultimately, Anastasia was Broken…. pic.twitter.com/kvccy9c3ej
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During the break, before changing the part of the land, Pavlyuchenkova continued to “parliament” with the referee and reproached him stole the game. “You just stole a game“Said the 34 -year -old athlete.
However, Pavlyuchenkova remained concentrated, recovered the break and then, after tie-break, imposed with 7-6 (3)becoming favorite in qualifying in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
Meanwhile, the second set has begun, which is equally balanced so far. The winner of this duel will play in the next phase either against the Czech Linda Noskova (20 years, 27 WTA), or against the American Amanda Anisimova (23 years, 12 WTA).
