Madison Keys and Mirra Andreeva give their verdicts on big decision the French Open has made for 2025 tournament

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Madison Keys and Mirra Andreeva have both enjoyed breakout years in 2025, despite sharing a 12-year age gap.

The American star began the year by winning her maiden Grand Slam title, when Keys beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Australian Open.

Andreeva then won the Dubai Tennis Championships, adding a second WTA 1000 title to her resume shortly after with her win in Indian Wells.

The pair are ranked inside the top three of the WTA Race in 2025, having accumulated 3,294 points (Keys) and 2,850 points (Andreeva).

Both players will have one eye on the French Open, which begins later this month, an event they’ll enter with a real shot of bringing home the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup.

Ahead of the year’s second Grand Slam, Keys and Andreeva have shared their thoughts on a controversial new system that won’t be used in Paris.

Madison Keys and Mirra Andreeva give their verdicts on electronic line calling on clay

During her pre-Italian Open press conference, Keys was asked for her thoughts on electronic line calling and whether she believes the French Open should implement the technology.

“I don’t know (smiling). I have mixed feelings on it. I think it’s great in some ways because it takes kind of the arguing out of it,” she said.

“You don’t have the chair coming down, and you’re arguing over what’s touching, what’s not.

“I also know that electronic line calling has a margin for error. I think it gets a little bit tricky when you’re staring at a mark that’s clearly out, but the board is saying that it’s touching.

“So I don’t know. I don’t know where I stand on it quite yet. I do think it’s nice that you kind of have to keep going and playing, and there’s no room for arguing.”

World number one Sabalenka took a picture of a ball mark during her match in Stuttgart last month, as she couldn’t believe the system’s decision.

Russian world number seven, Andreeva, was asked the same question during her press conference, as she revealed what she ‘likes’ about electronic line calling.

“Well, I heard that [at] Roland Garros they’re going to use line umpires,” she said.

“I don’t know. I like the electronic calling because it’s kind of what the system says, you just go with it, and you cannot really argue with that. It’s just easier for me not to pay attention if the call is right or wrong.

“Yeah, I think on clay of course it’s a bit different. I don’t know, I’m not really picky with that.

“If they put line umpires, I’m like, Okay, we play with line umpires. If they put electronic line calling, okay, we play like that.

“Me, I’m not really picky with that. Whatever they do, I’m fine.”

Keys and Andreeva certainly don’t seem to have a problem with electronic line calling, but what about an ATP Tour star who expressed his frustrations with a decision made by the system recently?

Alexander Zverev says he ‘likes’ electronic line calling despite Madrid Open controversy

World number two, Alexander Zverev, fumed at a decision made by electronic line calling at last month’s Madrid Open, as he took a page out of Sabalenka’s book and took a photo of the mark for evidence.

Speaking ahead of the Italian Open, Zverev shared his thoughts on electronic line calling.

“To be honest, I like the electronic line calling,” he said.

“I think there were absolutely no mistakes in Monte-Carlo, there were no mistakes in Munich.

“I think there was something wrong with the system in Madrid. I just personally put that down to the Madrid tournament, right?

“I think the weeks before it worked perfectly fine. It was mistake-free kind of. I still think that it’s the right way to go forward, too. When mistakes happen like this in Madrid, maybe they have to readjust it for the next day, readjust the system a little bit.

“All in all, Monte-Carlo, Munich, it was working perfectly fine.”

Zverev was then asked whether he thinks more ‘wiggle-room’ should be allowed for when the system makes ‘glaring’ errors.

“Look, the Madrid case, there was obviously a mistake there,” he said.

“It was not only the shot that [Alejandro Davidovich] Fokina hit. It’s also the serve I hit. It was a game point. I went to the other side after that, and I saw the mark. The mark was clearly out also.

“Look, I don’t know. I don’t have the solution. Madrid definitely didn’t work well, the system didn’t work well. 

“Then again, in Monaco and in Munich, the system worked better than humans would, right, because there were no mistakes at all the entire week.

“Yeah, I don’t know how to answer that question. It’s not for me to decide. But when it’s clear like that, then maybe the umpire should be able to come down from the chair. 

“If we’re talking about millimetres, then no. If we’re talking about three, four, five centimetres, then maybe.”

Only time will tell whether players encounter any issues with electronic line calling in Rome or Paris, but it will certainly be something to look out for.

Keys begins her Italian Open campaign against either Varvara Gracheva or Ajla Tomljanovic, Andreeva takes on either Emiliana Arango or Viktoriya Tomova, while Zverev faces off against either Camilo Ugo Carabelli or Pablo Carreno Busta.