When a match ends 6-1, 6-2, as it did in Iga Swiatek’s favor in her Australian Open quarterfinal on Wednesday, you have to dig deep for any semblance of drama. But say the words “double bounce,” and visions of last year’s squabble between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Draper likely comes to mind.
That missed call—”horrendous,” said the incredulous Canadian—was so egregious because it occurred on match point. Did we just witness the turning point in the issue of tennis’ lack of a video review system? we wondered.
Such a replay system have been helpful to Emma Navarro, who like Auger-Aliassime was on the wrong end of a no call. At 2-2 in the second set, shortly after the 8th-seeded American had earned her first break point of the match, Navarro reached game point. She hit what appeared to be an unretrievable drop shot, until Swiatek scampered quickly enough to track it down. Or so we thought:
