You have seen TV commercials.

When Serena Williams destroyed the offensive ball machine with deadly forehands and backhands, an old man who looked like John McEnroe sprinkled red sauce on his white tennis ball from his cafeteria tray. Shorts.

"You can't take it seriously," McEnroe complained, repeating an act that once got him into trouble with a tennis chair referee. He has won a multi-million dollar brand.

Okay, no more, John. The opportunity for tennis players to quarrel is over. Now, they have to use the machine, which means there is no controversial factor now. There will be no dispute, tennis has already ordered it.

The electronic circuit call system named Hawk-Eye is now renamed Hawk-Eye Live. It not only called all the lines, but also had a loud female voice, which confirmed what the camera saw and ruled. The ball crossed a line, and somewhere in the sky came a voice—we call her the odd tennis wizard—and roared that the ball was out of bounds. When a player serves into the net, it becomes a bit strange. "Out," roared the odd wizard, although this shot was not really out, it was just short.

Recently, the scoreboard lists many challenges for each player. This means that if they question the call of the line referee, the chairman referee will request an electronic review, the Hawkeye will replay the footage on the big screen, and the audience will cheer or moan, depending on their loyalty, because they saw the shooting landing. Point of electronic evidence.

no longer. Players will not be challenged. There are no more people in line, there is only one chairman referee, and he will probably never withdraw the call. There is no future for the machine. This makes the chair ump work mainly by pressing buttons. Players can request a "close-up" review. But my goodness, do you think the machine making the call will indicate that it made a mistake? To everyone's expectation, zero correction has already occurred. The player watched the close review quietly, shrugged and continued. Quite exciting stuff.

There are still caddies, but how long do you think this will last? Some geeks must be sitting somewhere in the dirty basement and invented an app that allows the referee to activate the vacuum cleaner on the court, pick up all the balls, and bounce them gently to the serving player. For the tournament, this will be a huge savings, which is the origin of all these things. In this way, they don't have to buy caddy hamburgers anymore.

The development direction of tennis is zero controversy. Many of these adrenaline-filled, energetic world-class athletes have shut down their competition leaders even before they set foot on the court. Why argue with the machine?

McEnroe is sometimes embarrassing, but sometimes also very funny. Spectators can now look forward to a mechanical, emotionless game. Tennis has always had this white and vanilla image. Quiet. Be nice to people. McEnroe persisted for a while, and the only result was that, for example, 5 million people followed the sport. Now, the most controversial may be the grunt of some female players. They will soon find a machine to filter it out.

Indian Wells Tennis Championships returns from interruption with a different feel

After the coronavirus put the event on hold for two years, the BNP Paribas Open returned to Indian Wells. The US Open champion is among them.

Speaking of noise and controversy, something did happen here on Thursday night. It reminded me of the great semi-lunatic Goran Ivanisevic, this delightful Croatian, who always looked like he imagined. Speaking like that-especially to referees, linesmen and sports reporters-after three runner-ups, somehow survived all of this and won Wimbledon in 2001.

Ivanisevic not only has excellent serving ability and excellent forehands, backhands and volleys, but also has the best racket in the history of the game. He proudly did it, the classic follow-up, not only the intention but also the determination that the frame would be shattered, and he would lose a point and thousands of dollars.

Once, in Indian Wells, he saw another player trying to smash his racket but failed. Only a good dent was obtained. The next day, Ivanisevic was obviously worried about this violation of tennis skills. He had an oral exchange at the press conference after the game and discussed the techniques and techniques involved in ensuring that the racket breaks. This is clinical.

Therefore, if Ivanisevic is here to watch Canadian veteran Vasek Pospisil serve after 3-1 in the third set and quickly remove his racket, he will be proud. Before the handle was separated from the rest of the racket, it made four heavy blows on a hard surface, but Pospisil finished it.

After discussing the term "fine" with the referee, Pospisil actually regained his energy and continued to win the game. He was not fined in the end.

This means that two good things have happened. The legendary Goran Ivanisevic (Goran Ivanisevic) was commended for his contribution to tennis. In addition to the buttons, the chair referee actually has other things to do.

I think this is a glimmer of hope for this sport.

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Bill Dwyre was a sports columnist for the three weekly issues of the Los Angeles Times from 2006 to 2015. Prior to this, he served as the newspaper's sports editor for 25 years. In 1985, Dwyer was named Editor of the Year by the National News Foundation for his coverage of the 1984 Olympics. In 1996, he was awarded the Associated Press Sports Editor's award for his continuous excellence in sports news. Smith Award. When he joined The Times from 1973 to 1981, he served as the sports editor of the Milwaukee Daily. Dwyer was named the winner of the National Headline Award in 1985, Wisconsin Sports Writer of the Year in 1980, and California Sports Writer of the Year in 2009.

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