Wimbledon issued an apology following their failure of their new Electronic Line Calling (ELC) system amid the Women's Singles contest between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sonay Kartal. The controversy came to light after Pavlyuchenkova accused the German umpire of being 'scared' to make a decision against 'local' Sonay Kartal in the tournament.

CENTRE COURT, THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova suggested her British opponent may have received preferential treatment as simmering tensions around Wimbledon ’s use of electronic line calling (ELC) instead of line judges boiled over Sunday, when the technology malfunctioned at a crucial point on Centre Court.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is not fond of grass courts, but the Russian tennis player registered a victory against the Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka. Pavlyuchenkova has moved into the Wimbledon quarterfinals after nine years, defeating Osaka 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 en route. The majority of the crowd was cheering for Osaka.