"Most abominable, unfair calls in the history of tennis"

Nick Bolletieri: 'Most abominable, unfair calls in the history of tennis'

Serena Williams's quarter-final defeat to Jennifer Capriati on Tuesday evening came after the most abominable, unfair calls in the history of tennis. If anything positive at all can arise from this night of shame then I hope it is the introduction of a system of on-demand replays, albeit limited.

By my reckoning on Tuesday the chair umpire made at least five absolute stinkers, including three in the last game of a refereeing travesty that ended 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. The most appalling decision arrived in the opening game of the third set. The umpire overruled a backhand by Serena, calling it out despite the fact that it was clearly six to 10 inches inside the line. The line judge had ruled it good. Everyone in the stadium had ruled it good. The umpire, who was on the far side, overruled it. Why? I think we'll be asking that for a long time.

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