'Hawk-eye' a distant propect for tennis

Australian Open tournament director Paul McNamee today dismissed as “very unlikely” suggestions that tennis may look into adopting cricket-style video umpires to rid the game of questionable line-calls.

Yesterday’s women’s final was marred by a disputed umpire’s over-rule in the final set which gave Justine Henin-Hardenne the crucial break of serve and effectively ended Kim Clijsters’ victory chances.