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The line judge thought otherwise and ruled the ball out.

She hit a first serve that landed wide and was called out by the line judge.

Players can protest to the line judge if a decision is not made in their favor.

Once the game started, she was just doing the job that the line judge does in every game we play.

On close calls, the line judge has to support the electronic line.

Jack Johnson, 55, the line judge, was the president of a sports promotions firm.

The association began an investigation into the possible replacement of line judges by a qualified computer system two years ago.

The association currently maintains a staff of 320 line judges during the Open, with 185 officials on duty each day.

"I've thought of it in relationship to what tennis has done, which is making the line judges professional," Wagner said.

Interestingly, the players rarely disagreed with the line judges on those calls.

The goal lines are monitored by two line judges.

Line judges, understandably partisan on the issue, won't have the same say.

The line judge retracted her call, but the chair refused to accept the revision.

Hewitt found it hard to believe, threw his racquet aside and looked at the line judge.

As the match progressed, Bowes became angry with the calls of line judges.

The referee, line judges and other officials huddle together uncertainly on the field.

She threatens line judges, yells at players, and is a selfish hog!

If the ball is hit out, the electronic line blares the call instead of the line judge.

The line judge could not overrule its call.

A line judge can declare that a play was inside or outside the play area and cannot be overruled by the players.

Officials said the umpires were tending to overrule the line judges less than usual.

But instead of pointing to where he thought the ball had landed, the line judge said he was not sure and returned to his chair.

He started in the league as a line judge and was promoted to referee in 2006 after two seasons.

On October 21, 2012, a line judge saw what he thought was a suspicious substance on hand towels used by the players.