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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Emerson Jones of Australia  plays a backhand   in her match against Daria Kasatkina  during day three of the 2025 Adelaide International at Memorial Drive on January 08, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images)

Keeping up with Jones will test even the best

Teenage sensation Emerson Jones has drawn Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open. It will be the introduction to the public of a prodigious talent. Organisers could go the whole hog and plonk the 16-year-old on Rod Laver Arena.

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(FILES) Line-Judges stare the court during the men's singles quarter final tennis match between Australia's Nick Kyrgios and Chile's Cristian Garin on the tenth day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 6, 2022. Wimbledon announced on October 9, 2024, that it is scrapping its iconic line judges in favour of electronic line-calling, changing the face of the grass-court tournament. Smartly dressed umpires and line judges are as much part of the Grand Slam as strawberries and cream and the all-white kit that players must wear. But Wimbledon has now fallen into line with other tournaments around the world, saying the move was to "balance tradition and innovation". (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Out! Wimbledon line judges gone

Next year’s Wimbledon championships will be the first in the tournament’s history not to feature human line judges, with officials to adopt an AI-based system.

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