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The referee "is the official who is responsible for assuring that the competition is fair and played under the ITF Rules of Tennis." The referee supervises all of the aspects of play at a tournament including the conduct of players, coaches, spectators, and administrative crew. [10] The referee must be present whenever matches are being played.
List of active gold-badge female tennis umpires Name Nation Year Notes Alison Hughes (née Lang): Great Britain: 2003 ITF umpire; referee since 1989. Officiated the women's singles final at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, as well as the women's singles final at the 5 Grand Slam tournaments, including the 2016 US Open women's singles Final, the 2017 Australian Open women's singles final, the ...
An umpire can also advise the referee on off-the-ball incidents, but does not hold as much authority as a linesman. In recent times, technology called 'Hawk-eye' can be used if both the umpires and referee are unsure of whether a point has been scored or not, though this technology is not widely available.
Diagram of a table tennis table showing the official dimensions. The table is 2.74 m (9.0 ft) long, 1.525 m (5.0 ft) wide, and 76 cm (2.5 ft) high with any continuous material so long as the table yields a uniform bounce of about 23 cm (9.1 in) when a standard ball is dropped onto it from a height of 30 cm (11.8 in), or about 77%.
“It’s going to look ridiculous.”⁰⁰Felix Auger-Aliassime fired up at chair umpire after he makes controversial call to end match against Jack Draper. Watch the situation unfold ⬇️⁰ ...
A second base umpire at a baseball game. In baseball and softball, there is commonly a head umpire (also known as a plate umpire) who is in charge of calling balls and strikes from behind the plate, who is assisted by one, two, three, or five field umpires who make calls on their specific bases (or with five umpires the bases and the outfield).
Disqualified over 'question[ing] the impartiality of the umpire based on her race,' the US Tennis Association said. [19] 2017 Davis Cup World Group, Canada Denis Shapovalov: Kyle Edmund: Hitting the chair umpire with a ball hit in anger. [20] 2017 US Open, USA Fabio Fognini: Stefano Travaglia: Fine: $24,000/$96,000; verbal abuse to Chair Umpire.
Match officials for England vs Scotland, Saturday 22 February: Referee: Pierre Brousset (Fra) Assistant Referees: Andrew Brace (Ire) & Luc Ramos (Fra) Television Match Official: Tual Trainini (Fra)