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With the speed and power of today's game, the time has come for tennis to benefit from new technology. This new breakthrough -- perhaps the most significant change to the game since the tiebreaker -- will improve line calls for players, while adding excitement and intrigue for fans and TV viewers.
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With the speed and power of Monday's game, and with 150 mph serves and 100 mph backhands, we need an officiating aid.
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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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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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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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We are currently talking with (WTA Tour CEO) Larry (Scott) and Etienne as to, A, should we consider a sponsor for official reviews. Our instinct at this point is we're not going to proceed in that direction initially. There are some sponsorship opportunities I think for both tours as well as the Open, from a statistical standpoint, possibly from a video standpoint. At this point, subject to further discussion, at least at this point, we will not be considering a sponsor for the official review call.
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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.
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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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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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