By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Unseeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova recovered from being robbed of a crucial point by an automated line-calling malfunction to beat Britain's Sonay Kartal 7-6(3) 6-4 to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Sunday for the second time.

Horrible” was the word that Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the woman who grabbed the first quarterfinal spot at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, used to describe her ordeal with Lyme disease.

The electronic line-calling system failed, Sonay Kartal’s missed shot was not called, and the point was replayed – with Pavlyuchenkova ultimately losing it

Wimbledon organizers have apologized and explained that “human error” was the reason behind the electronic line-calling system being turned off during a match on Sunday.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova apologised to the Centre Court fans after reaching her second Wimbledon quarter-final. The world No. 50 won a dramatic first set over Britain’s last woman standing, Sonay Kartal, after accusing the umpire of “stealing” a game from her when she got broken after the electronic line calling system glitched at 4-4.

A week after reaching her first grass-court semifinal in Eastbourne, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova continued her late-career resurgence at Wimbledon, shaking off an early deficit to book her 10th Grand Slam quarterfinal and second in a season.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is through to the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships this year. She defeated Sonay Kartal in the last round, 7-6(3), 6-4.

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.