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.

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.

Sonay Kartal was as disappointed as the fans were on Sunday as the British player was eliminated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the round of 16 at Wimbledon 7-6 6-4.

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