Federer: play should stop without Hawkeye

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Seven-time champion Roger Federer said here on Saturday that matches should stop when it is too dark to have a Hawkeye.

He denied reports that he does not support the technology, saying, "What I struggle with is I don't think it's 100 percent accurate. Let's say 99 percent, fine. It's still not 100 percent, in my opinion. I still see calls I don't quite understand."

"But I still think it's fine to have it. It's even good to have it because you don't want matches to be decided by one bad call or a missed call by someone."

"What I don't understand, on the other hand, is like if we have Hawkeye, why do we keep playing in the nighttime when Hawkeye is not available anymore? That's where I disagree with supervisors or tournaments, that they push it too far every single time.

"We've seen it happen every single night in the last few days when I've been watching tennis. Hawkeye is not available, but the players keep playing." Endi

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