{"id":94408,"date":"2026-06-02T03:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/not-100-reliable-casper-ruud-drama-fails-to-sway-french-open-director-amelie-mauresmo-on-electronic-line-calling\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T03:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:23:33","slug":"not-100-reliable-casper-ruud-drama-fails-to-sway-french-open-director-amelie-mauresmo-on-electronic-line-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/not-100-reliable-casper-ruud-drama-fails-to-sway-french-open-director-amelie-mauresmo-on-electronic-line-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not 100% Reliable\u2019 \u2013 Casper Ruud Drama Fails To Sway French Open Director Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo on Electronic Line Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jun 7, 2024; Paris, France; Casper Ruud of Norway discusses a line call with chair umpire, Marijana Veljovic, during his match against Alexander Zverev of Germany on day 13 of Roland Garros at Stade Roland Garros. \u00a9 Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The French Open\u2019s refusal to adopt electronic line calling has caused plenty of drama at the Major, with several players arguing with umpires over contentious calls. However, tournament director Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo remains opposed to implementing the technology, explaining why she continues to back human judgment even after a disputed call proved costly for Casper Ruud in defeat.<\/p>\n

French Open director Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo Dismisses Electronic Line Calling Technology<\/h2>\n

Ruud\u2019s blockbuster fourth-round clash with Jo\u00e3o Fonseca stirred controversy after chair umpire Louise Engzell made a contentious call at a crucial stage of the match. With the Norwegian holding set point at 8-7 in the second-set tiebreak, the umpire ruled Fonseca\u2019s forehand in, despite Hawk-Eye replays showing that the ball had landed out.<\/p>\n

Engzell\u2019s decision denied Ruud the set, and he ultimately suffered a 7-5, 7-6(8), 5-7, 6-2 loss to Fonseca. The incident drew widespread criticism across the tennis world, with prominent figures like Jim Courier, Andy Roddick, Rennae Stubbs, and Pam Shriver stressing that the controversy further underscored the need for electronic line calling.<\/p>\n

However, Mauresmo doubled down<\/a> on her support for the use of human line judges over electronic line calling, arguing during a press conference at the French Open that the technology is still not entirely reliable on clay courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis question we ask ourselves after the tournament each year because obviously we stay open to everything every new technology that is available for us. The thing is that, as of today, and from what we\u2019ve seen in the previous clay court tournaments in the last few months is that it appears that the technology on clay is not 100% reliable,\u201d Mauresmo said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MORE:<\/strong>\u2018Massive Controversy\u2019 \u2013 Tennis World Erupts As Casper Ruud Suffers Costly Call Against Jo\u00e3o Fonseca at French Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The former world No. 1 also highlighted Ruud\u2019s lack of surprise at the umpire\u2019s decision as further evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso when you see Casper\u2019s reaction also last night, from what I see, he wasn\u2019t shocked by the umpire\u2019s decision. So, I think we have to keep in mind that this technology as of today is not 100% reliable,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

During the match, Ruud had also called out the organizers over the sponsor blocks positioned at the back of the court, becoming the latest in a long list of players to criticize the safety risk.<\/p>\n

Addressing the negative feedback from players, Mauresmo said they had moved the advertising boards farther back, giving players additional space behind the baseline.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough our courts are way bigger than what is required in the rules, we\u2019ve made the decision to push the the blocks a little bit back to give even more space to the players. This is something we adjusted during the during the tournament,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

MORE:<\/strong>\u2018Frigging Sponsor\u2019 \u2013 Casper Ruud Hits Out at French Open Over Controversial Hazard in Tense Exchange With Umpire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Casper Ruud had lamented the \u201cmarginal\u201d call<\/a> that cost him the second set, describing it as an \u201cunfortunate\u201d turn of events. Despite his disappointment, the Norwegian graciously praised Jo\u00e3o Fonseca\u2019s \u201cutterly impressive\u201d game at the French Open.<\/p>\n

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Jun 7, 2024; Paris, France; Casper Ruud of Norway discusses a line call with chair umpire, Marijana Veljovic, during his match against Alexander Zverev of Germany on day 13 of Roland Garros at Stade Roland Garros. \u00a9 Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports The French Open\u2019s refusal to adopt electronic line calling has caused plenty of drama […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3994,26,2839,29362,4138,29359,4305,10335,1836,2054,2466,29363,676,16069,29360,29361],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}