![]() There are unlimited challenges, to be decided by the Hawk-Eye computer used on the pro tour, but McEnroe insists no player wants to make a bad call against his opponent. Andy Roddick faces Jim Courier in the other match in Lincoln, Nebraska, with the winners meeting for the title. ![]() "It's undoubtedly true." He added, "Who would want a job where the only way you get recognised is if you made a mistake?" McEnroe will take on Blake, 35, once ranked fourth in the world, as part of the PowerShares Series for former champions over age 30. "I'm sure there will be some umpires out there that will be saying, 'See, it wasn't as easy as you thought it was,'" McEnroe, 56, told Reuters. "You cannot be serious," he once yelled in a famous tirade over a line call. ![]() During a career in which he won seven grand slam singles titles, McEnroe was known as a sometimes volatile player who periodically berated linesmen over what he saw as blown calls. By Steve Ginsburg (Reuters) - Tennis legend John McEnroe faces James Blake on Wednesday in a match in which they will call their own lines - declaring whether the ball is in or out - a wrinkle that McEnroe knows may draw more than casual interest from fans and former linesmen. ![]()
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