US Open 2024: Chair umpire gives a wrong call after video replay confusion

The U.S. Tennis Association acknowledged that the wrong call was made on an illegal shot during a third-round U.S. Open match between Anna Kalinskaya and Beatriz Haddad Maia a night earlier because the chair umpire was not shown the relevant replay by the video review official.

After the review was complete, an additional angle was seen on the broadcast, USTA spokesman Brendan McIntyre said. The chair did not see this footage prior to making the call."

McIntyre said the tournament referee's office has reinforced to the people who send replays to officials during a match that all applicable angles should be passed along.

The point in question happened 11 minutes into the match Saturday night at Louis Armstrong Stadium, with the 15th-seeded Kalinskaya leading 2-0, and the 22nd-seeded Haddad Maia serving at deuce.

Kalinskaya, a Russian, hit a drop shot that Haddad Maia, a Brazilian, ran forward to try to reach. She hit the ball just at about the same time as it was landing on the cour