We all feel that today's announcement represents a major breakthrough for the sport. I think it's an opportunity for us to help officials and players while hopefully creating a bit more excitement and intrigue for all of our fans.
Arlen Kantarian
With the speed and power of today's game, the time has come for tennis to benefit from new technology. It's an opportunity for us to help officials and players, while hopefully creating a bit more excitement and intrigue.
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We wanted to identify accurate and reliable technology and add more interest and excitement into the game for our fans, and we think this does both.
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There are a lot of constituencies we want to help: the players, the officials and the fans. This means more help for the officials, more strategy for the players and more intrigue for the fans. We need to marry tradition with innovation.
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This new breakthrough -- perhaps the most significant change to the game since the tie-breaker -- will improve line calls for players, while adding excitement and intrigue for fans and TV viewers.
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The idea that the doubt is left in a player's mind as to whether there was a right call or not is troubling in a time when you know that technology is available to tell you absolutely whether the ball was in or out.
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We feel this approach is an opportunity for us to help officials and players while hopefully creating a bit more excitement and intrigue for fans.
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The human eye cannot keep up with that speed and power.
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So far there's 100 percent support, which is not always the case with a rule change for a game that has been around for 100 years. To be honest, we expected a little more controversy at first.
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