Novak Djokovic suggests he disagrees with decision the French Open has made for this year’s tournament

This was the Serbian’s first victory of any variety on clay this 12 months, coming after Djokovic parted methods with coach Andy Murray.

Djokovic has already been on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier earlier than his first spherical match, as a part of Rafael Nadal’s farewell ceremony.

Novak Djokovic needs the French Open to have digital line calling

Regardless of the French Open already underway, Djokovic has solely simply been in a position to conduct his pre-tournament press convention after his victory in Geneva.

On this press convention, Djokovic was requested by the media a couple of matter that has break up opinion on the French Open this 12 months.

Djokovic and different ATP gamers have grow to be used to digital line calling at clay court docket tournaments, however the French Open has determined to not implement the expertise and keep on with human line judges.

That is one thing that has left gamers together with world primary Aryna Sabalenka confused, and now the match has clarified its place.

After the president of the French Tennis Federation defined their reasoning, 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic has defined why he has the opposing view.

“Well first I will say that I understand the people who are more traditionalist, and who like to have the line umpires on the court,” stated Djokovic. “I think it’s part of our culture and tradition that has been there for decades, and I do understand that aspect of it. It’s hard to make certain changes or want to give everything away to technology.

“But, if I have to choose between the two I’m the more proponent of technology. I would say it’s just more accurate, it saves time, maybe less people on the court which at times is actually good if you’re playing on the smaller courts.

“There’s been numerous times where players would collide with a line judge and so forth so, maybe that’s not the most important reason but I just think for accuracy and efficiency it’s better to have technology.”

Do the opposite Grand Slams use digital line calling?

The arduous court docket Grand Slams on the Australian Open and the US Open have used digital line calling since 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Since then, the ATP has ensured that each one tournaments may have the expertise from the beginning of this 12 months.

Whereas the French Open has not adopted go well with and as an alternative have caught with the extra conventional line judges, Wimbledon have joined the 2 arduous court docket majors.

For this 12 months’s match, Wimbledon will implement digital line calling for the primary time in its historical past.

This choice from Wimbledon has break up opinion, because the French Open now stands alone as the one Grand Slam nonetheless utilizing human line judges.