TENNIS

Wimbledon is replacing line judges with electronic line-calling, the latest step into the modern age by the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament.

The All England Club announced Wednesday that technology will be used to give the “out” and “fault” calls at the championships from 2025, eliminating the need for human officials to make them.

Wimbledon organizers said the decision to adopt live electronic line calling was made following extensive testing at the 2024 tournament and “builds on the existing ball-tracking and line-calling technology that has been in place for many years.”

The move makes the French Open the only Grand Slam tournament without some form of electronic line-calling. The Australian Open and U.S. Open already had eliminated line judges and only have chair umpires on court.

SHANGHAI MASTERS: Jannik Sinner avenged his defeat to Ben Shelton in the fourth round last year with a 6-4, 7-6 (1) to spoil the 22-year-old American’s birthday.

Like last year, the duel again featured some incredible shot-making and serving dominance but this time the 23-year old Italian prevailed to improve his record against Shelton to 4-1.

He will play fifth-ranked Daniil Medvedev, who earlier beat long-time rival Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (3), 6-3, in a match where the Greek player launched into a minutes-long rant against the chair umpire Fergus Murphy over a time violation call and initially refused to continue playing.

“You have never played tennis in your life. You have no clue about tennis, it seems like,” Tsitsipas said to Murphy. “Definitely you’ve had no career. You probably played serve-and-volley every single time.

“Anyways, tennis is a physical sport and we need some time over there. You have to show some compassion because you aren’t showing any.

“It’s a physical sport. We are not throwing darts out here, OK?

“If it’s going to be unfair, I need to talk to the supervisor. You seem like you have no idea what you’re doing,” Tsitsipas continued as the crowd began to slow clap.

Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who won the China Open in a thriller against Sinner last week, made it 12 consecutive wins with a testing 6-4, 7-5 victory over French veteran Gael Monfils to advance to the quarterfinals.

The French Open and Wimbledon champion will play Tomas Machac in the quarterfinals.

Four-time champion Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a 100th career title with a 6-3, 6-2 win over 61st-ranked Roman Safiullin, but third-ranked Alexander Zverev was upset 6-4, 7-5 by David Goffin of Belgium.

The 33-year-old Goffin will face seventh seed Taylor Fritz for a place in the semifinals. Fritz eased past Holger Rune of Denmark 6-1, 6-2 for his spot in the last eight.

WUHAN OPEN: Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka maintained her undefeated record at the Wuhan Open, opening her campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 37th-ranked Katerina Siniakova in a second-round match.

In the third round, she will play Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, who ended Paris Olympics silver medalist Donna Vekic’s tournament with 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory.

China Open champion Coco Gauff routed Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-2 in 75 minutes, and Hailey Baptiste upset 10th-ranked Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 7-5 for her first win over a Top-10 player.

Magdalena Frech beat eighth-ranked Emma Navarro 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in just over two hours, and No. 11-ranked Daria Kasatkina overcame a mid-match stumble to defeat Amercian Bernarda Pera 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

Amanda Anisimova withdrew from her match against 17th-ranked Marta Kostyuk.

Third-ranked Jessica Pegula advanced when her opponent, Anastasia Potapova, retired with the American 6-2, 2-0 up, and Erika Andreeva won 6-3, 6-1 in a duel wither her sister Mirra. It was the first time they faced each other at a tour-level tournament.

BASKETBALL

NBA: Dallas Mavericks guard Dante Exum had surgery on his injured right wrist, the team announced, without saying how long he will be sidelined.

The injury to Exum came during training camp in Las Vegas and after star guard Luka Doncic had injured his calf in a workout.

Guard Kyrie Irving broke a thumb while working out not long after the Mavericks lost to Boston in five games in the NBA Finals in June. Irving has said he is progressing well. Dallas opens the season Oct. 24 at home against San Antonio.

WNBA: Chicago Sky officials were light on specifics when discussing their decision to fire former coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season, saying there was no particular catalyst and that it was simply time to move on from the Naismith Hall of Famer.

The Sky fired Weatherspoon two weeks ago after finishing with a 13-27 record and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2018 despite getting significant contributions from rookie post players Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso. The next coach will be the team’s fourth since the Sky won the WNBA championship in 2021.

SOCCER

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Pernille Harder’s 13-minute hat trick late in the game lifted Bayern Munich to a 5-2 win over Arsenal in the opening game of their group.

CONCACAF: The semifinals and final of the 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

The site was announced by CONCACAF, the governing body of North and Central American and Caribbean soccer. Next year’s event will take place from March 20-23.

MLS: Inter Miami midfielder Diego Gómez thought team officials had scheduled him for a photo and video shoot to promote the upcoming MLS Cup playoffs.

The team had a surprise waiting instead, and what happened next moved Gómez to tears.

Gómez was announced as the top player on Major League Soccer’s annual “22 Under 22” list, a ranking of the best young talent in the league. He learned of the news last week, with team officials surprising Gómez by setting up a video chat so his family in Colonia de Mburicaretá, Paraguay, could be the ones to tell him..

The 22 Under 22 list is not the MLS Young Player of the Year award — that winner will be announced later this fall — but Gómez holding the top spot on this list certainly indicates that he’s the frontrunner for the additional honor.

SKIING

ILLNESS: Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann has been diagnosed with lymph node cancer and will miss the entire ski season.

The 29-year-old Hintermann, a three-time race winner on the World Cup circuit, revealed the diagnosis at a news conference.

He is scheduled for two rounds of chemotherapy treatment with a total recovery time of about six months possible, the Swiss ski federation said in a statement.

Swiss team doctor Walter Frey said it was hoped Hintermann will be able to return to racing in the 2025-26 season.