The incident had similarities to when Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open in 2020 for mistakenly striking a line judge in the throat when he hit a ball towards the back of the court.

2025 The incident had similarities to when Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open in 2020 for mistakenly striking a line judge in the throat when he hit a ball towards the back of the court.

PARIS -- Welcome to the last stand of the line judges. They are a dying ... The Australian Open ushered in this technology in 2021, and the US Open followed suit in 2022. That leaves the French ...

The obvious point of comparison was the ejection of Novak Djokovic from his fourth-round match at the 2020 US Open for flicking a ball into the neck of a line judge. The Musetti ball probably did ...

Carlos Alcaraz almost took out a line judge ... French Open the last major tournament left to adopt the technology. The Australian Open brought in the technology in 2021, and the US Open followed ...

abandoning line judges ... Open did the same later that year. The French Open remains a holdout, and that's not likely to change anytime soon. "Unless the players are unanimous and come to us ...

The French Open does not use electronic line calling and continues to rely on line judges and umpires - as well as using ball marks left on clay to determine whether shots are in or not.