India, July 7 -- A technical outage in Wimbledon's line-calling system left Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova visibly enraged following a controversial umpiring decision during her fourth-round clash.

The Russian star was locked in a tense battle with local favourite Sonay Kartal on Centre Court. With both players exchanging two breaks apiece, the match looked set for a gripping first-set tie-break.

The drama unfolded in the ninth game, with Pavlyuchenkova serving. She had just saved three break points and appeared poised to hold serve when Kartal fired a shot that landed long, visibly beyond the baseline. However, the automated line-call system delayed its response, calling "Stop. Stop" several seconds late, which created mass confusion.

Pavly...