Bencic against electronic line judging on clay: "I feel like humans are turning off their brains by making everything electronic"

Jules Hypolite

le 27/04/2025 à 21h36

1 min to read

Bencic Madrid

Belinda Bencic will be in the round of 16 in Madrid where she will face Coco Gauff. While awaiting this clash which will be played tomorrow on the Arantxa Sanchez court, the Swiss player took the time to discuss the replacement of line judges for clay court tournaments.

A decision made by the governing bodies of tennis which does not please the current world No. 42, as reported by the Relevo website:

"I’m not a fan. On hard courts, I can understand, because it prevents conflicts. And you can also request a challenge with hawk-eye. But on clay? I think it’s difficult because we rely on electronics rather than on human brains, human instincts, and the human eye.

You see the ball, it's out, but the electronic judging says it’s in by a millimeter. The chair umpire is not allowed to look at the mark to confirm that the ball is indeed out. I don’t know what to think about that, but if it happens to you, you go crazy.

I feel like humans are turning off their brains and senses by making everything electronic. With artificial intelligence too, ChatGPT... And we completely stop thinking."