By Chris Oddo | @Thefanchild | Tuesday 25 February 2025
Var technology in tennis is fun. It is also not predictable enough. Using a relatively new technology to rule over controversial moments can be illuminating, as it was in Dubai today when Happy Ager-Aliassime used technology to successfully overthrow a point he would have lost 99 times out of 100.
Look below, while Auger-Asspise is prevented by a rogue Balkan, which lies to grab a ball, not fully realizing that Canadian has gone again to make a last game in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saxlii2pjpw
When the 24-year-old calls for review, it is very clear that he was stumbled. What is also clear is that he would probably have lost the point even if it had not been stumbled. But Var is not there to make that kind of decision, unfortunately. Var is there to determine if he was really stumbled.
AUGER-aliassime had to reproduce the point, which was won by Bublik alexander With a service under which went for an ace. Never forget, World No.21 continued to win the set, and the match, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-3.
Umpire Miriam Bley decided to have an obstacle and that the point needed to reproduce, which leaves us to ask, could she have made the decision that Auger-Aliasim was essentially out of point and had not shot it ?
As we know in tennis, you never know, which is why players always try to make their opponent hit a stroke. There is no saying what type of aumer-aliassim magic could have produced if he had not been prevented. Therefore the issue was reorganized. It was a difficult call for bublik, but the right. A case when VAR did his job, even if there is still a gray area.
Judging by the tightening of the hand after the match, the players had no problem with him when he was said and did:
Felix gets the victory@felixtennis comes through a staring battle against the bublik to make round 2!#Ddftennis Pic.twitter.com/wbr3at9ke
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) 25 February 2025
