Wimbledon's automated line-calling technology malfunctioned on Sunday and robbed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of a point in her round of 16 clash with Britain's Sonay Kartal.

A week after reaching her first grass-court semifinal in Eastbourne, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova continued her late-career resurgence at Wimbledon, shaking off an early deficit to book her 10th Grand Slam quarterfinal and second in a season.

Sonay Kartal was knocked out of Wimbledon after her Russian rival claimed the British player got special treatment when the electronic line calling failed on Centre Court. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 34, recovered to knock the last British female out of the singles 7-6 6-4.

Carlos Alcaraz came through a ferocious fourth-round firefight against a red-hot Andrey Rublev to win 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court and keep his bid for a third successive Wimbledon title on track on Sunday.

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Carlos Alcaraz powered into the Wimbledon quarter-finals, overcoming Andrey Rublev in four sets after a shaky start. The defending champion showcased resilience and tactical intelligence, setting up a clash with Britain’s Cameron Norrie.

Play is stopped in Sonay Kartal's last-16 match at Wimbledon as the electronic line calling system fails to call a ball out.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was left fuming during her Wimbledon fourth-round win over Sonay Kartal after a failure of the electronic line-calling (ELC) system.

Wimbledon's new Electronic line-calling system made a colossal error as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was denied a game in the first set against Sonay Kartal after a botched call