New rules at Wimbledon

New rules at Wimbledon

NYM Desk

Published: 10:58 PM, 22 March 2026

This year's Wimbledon starts on June 29. New rules are going to be introduced there. Players can take a review if they don't like the chair umpire's decision.

Last time, the electronic line calling system was introduced at Wimbledon. That is, this technology is being used to see if the ball has fallen out of the line. This time, another rule is going to be introduced. Players can take a review if they don't like the chair umpire's decision. A new technology (video review) will be introduced for that.

Yesterday, Saturday, the 'All England Lawn Tennis and Croke Club' said that players can challenge some of the chair umpire's decisions during the competition if they don't like them. However, the electronic line calling system cannot be challenged. That technology will work as it was.

What kind of decisions will be subject to challenge? Some decisions such as whether the ball was dropped twice on the court before hitting it, whether the ball hit the player's body before hitting it, etc. can be challenged.

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croke Club said in a statement that players will be able to review certain decisions made by the chair umpire, such as 'not-up', 'foul shot', 'touch', etc. If someone wants, they can stop the game immediately and take a review. If someone wants, they can take a review after the point is over.

However, the most important thing is the number of reviews. Usually, players get two reviews in each set in tennis. But under this new rule, they can appeal as many times as they want.

The statement said that there is no specific number of appeals. Players can appeal as many times as they want.

However, this technology will not be available on every court initially. This technology will be available on a total of six courts, including Centre Court and Court One. It has been informed that this technology will be introduced on every court at Wimbledon later.

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