COUNTRYWIDE CLASSIC NOTEBOOK: FANS ENJOYING REPLAY.Byline: MATTHEW KREDELL Staff Writer Instant replay, being used at the L.A. Tennis Center on the campus of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX for the first time this week at the Countrywide Classic The Countrywide Classic (formerly known as the Mercedes-Benz Cup) is a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour International Series held in Los Angeles, California, United States. , has drawn mixed reviews from players while being a hit with fans. Through Friday, 30 of 66 challenges on Stadium Court have been successful. Each player can challenge two line calls per set, and retains that number if the challenge is successful. In the event of a tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie , players receive an additional challenge. Unlike at NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga games in which replays are tediously long and are done by officials while spectators wait, tennis replays take less than 10 seconds and involve the fans by putting the video on the overhead screen for all to see. The crowds in Los Angeles tend to call for challenges on any remotely close play. ``You see that ball hit and you go, `Oh well, I don't want that point anyway,' '' Andre Agassi said. ``If I see that I missed the shot, or they made the shot, I really don't want that point.'' Marat Safin, an outspoken critic of instant replay, was unhappy with a call during his first-round win against Mardy Fish. Safin thought the animated replay did not show the shot properly. ``It lies,'' Safin said of the replay. ``I saw the mark right there. The lineswoman lines·wom·an n. Sports 1. A woman official in various court games whose chief duty is to call shots that fall out of bounds. 2. saw the mark there and called it out.'' Replay will continue to be used during all U.S. Open series tournaments, culminating with the U.S. Open beginning Aug. 28. ``The question is obviously trusting it,'' Agassi said. ``But as long as its consistently wrong one percent of the time, it's doing a better job than any linesman would anyhow. Human error is probably more than that. It's nice to see it and forget about it.'' Doubles: Two of the singles players in the semifinals at UCLA had long days, staying on the court after their singles matches to play doubles. Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia, coming off a loss to Tommy Haas, paired with Jeff Coetzee and lost 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 to Eric Buto Buto (by  `tō), ancient city, N Egypt, in the Nile delta. The precise location is uncertain. Capital of Lower Egypt in prehistoric times (before 3100 B.C. rac and Jamie Murray. Butorac and Murray advance to play Camarillo's Bob and Mike Bryan Twin brothers Robert Charles Bryan (Bob) and Michael Carl Bryan (Mike) are American professional tennis players. Between 2005 and 2006, they reached an Open Era record of seven consecutive Grand Slam finals. , who beat Chileans Paul Capdeville and Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (3), 6-2. Gonzalez lost in the singles' semifinals against Dmitry Tursunov. matthew.kredell@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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