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Saudi Team Joins Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok

Representation photo: Toshifumi Kitamuratoshifumi Kitamura/ AFP/ GettyImages
Representation photo: Toshifumi Kitamuratoshifumi Kitamura/ AFP/ GettyImages
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Saudi Team Joins Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok

Representation photo: Toshifumi Kitamuratoshifumi Kitamura/ AFP/ GettyImages
Representation photo: Toshifumi Kitamuratoshifumi Kitamura/ AFP/ GettyImages

The Saudi archery team is participating in the Asian Archery Championships 2023, which kicked off in Bangkok, Thailand, and runs until November 11, SPA said on Tuesday.
Archers Mansour Alawi, Abdulrahman Al-Musa, and Rashed Alsubaie are representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the recurve archery division of the championships.
Meanwhile, Saudi archers Abdulaziz Al-Rodhan, Majdi Al-Subhi, and Bilal Alawadhi are participating in the compound archery division.
Abdullah Al-Nowaiser, a member of the Saudi Archery Federation, is the head of the national archery delegation at the tournament

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The Camera Never Lies: Electronic Line Calls in Focus Again as Zverev Takes Photo of Ball Mark 

Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 27, 2025 Germany's Alexander Zverev takes a picture of the court with a phone during his round of 32 match against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. (Reuters)
Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 27, 2025 Germany's Alexander Zverev takes a picture of the court with a phone during his round of 32 match against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. (Reuters)
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The Camera Never Lies: Electronic Line Calls in Focus Again as Zverev Takes Photo of Ball Mark 

Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 27, 2025 Germany's Alexander Zverev takes a picture of the court with a phone during his round of 32 match against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. (Reuters)
Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 27, 2025 Germany's Alexander Zverev takes a picture of the court with a phone during his round of 32 match against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. (Reuters)

Alexander Zverev is convinced there was a defect in the electronic line calling system during his Madrid Open win on Sunday after the German risked a hefty fine by pulling out his phone to take a photograph of a contested call.

The top seed overcame Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(0) to reach the last 16 of the claycourt tournament but was frustrated by an incident in the second set when a backhand from his opponent was called in by the tracking technology.

Zverev appealed to chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani to take a look but was rebuffed, and the world number two was then warned for unsportsmanlike conduct after pulling his phone out of his bag and taking a picture of the spot.

"I honestly think there was a defect in the system. There was a mistake in the system in that moment," said Zverev, who later posted the photo on Instagram.

"It's not like one millimeter in, one millimeter out, it was like four-five centimeters. That's why I went to the umpire and said 'Please, come down to have a look at this, I'm not crazy'."

Reuters has contacted the ATP for comment.

Earlier this month, women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka also took a photo of a disputed ball mark during a match in Stuttgart and was warned for unsportsmanlike conduct.

The ATP has adopted the line calling system for all of its tournaments from this year, and while Zverev said he was a fan of the technology he was shocked by the incident in Madrid.

"It's going to be interesting to see what happens now, what kind of fine I'll get, even though I'm right," he said.

"I hope I don't get a fine, because obviously, in my opinion, I'm completely in the right and I should not get fined for this."