The All England Club is blaming human error for a glaring mistake by the electronic system that replaced human line judges this year at Wimbledon.

CENTRE COURT, THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova suggested her British opponent may have received preferential treatment as simmering tensions around Wimbledon ’s use of electronic line calling (ELC) instead of line judges boiled over Sunday, when the technology malfunctioned at a crucial point on Centre Court.

Though Wimbledon’s ancient courts are no stranger to drama, this year’s fourth-round match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sonay Kartal has set off a discussion that won’t easily quiet down. Though the Russian veteran finally triumphed with a 7-6,