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(CNN) -- Do you have a question about tennis for World Sport Anchor Candy Reid? E-mail candy@cnn.com.

Candy is asking whether you think technology should be allowed to call the shots in tennis. The following are a selection of your replies:

I would like to see shots called using technology. As I see it, it is a perfectly good and valid way of having undisputed calls (now that John McEnroe is no longer on the tour). The accuracy is above the human average, and I have seen some terrible calls on the part of lines-people. Those will certainly be eliminated. And who can accurately call a 160 mph serve that hits or misses a line by a millimeter? Enter Hawk-Eye stage center!
Rama Prem,
Freiburg, Germany

I am not in favor of this hawkeye technology--they tried similar technology in cricket, but now they defer the decision to a third umpire who watches TV replays, as they felt the technology should be 100 percent accurate.

However, since tennis is implementing it, I HOPE they do not use a challenge system as the ESPN announcers and CNN SI's Jon Wertheim keep pushing. They want to make it "interesting for the crowd." I strongly disagree, as our sport is compelling enough.

If we are using technology, why should players have challenges? What we need is a referee using the technology in the back, and then telling the chair umpire of an error, much like the net cord beep.

Technology should be used to make it fair, with minimum intrusion. We don't need a circus -- the players already have opportunities for gamesmanship, like the bathroom breaks at the U.S. Open, and we needn't give them another avenue.

I hope they do it right, and implement it without any unnecessary drama.
Raghavender Harnal

Dear Candy,
No, I don't think technology should call every shot in a tennis match but yes, it should be used when the lineman and the umpire strongly disagree on the call. if every every call is to checked, tennis will lose its excitement and drama because it will drag on and on, it may even be used to break the momentum of the winning player! perhaps it should be tested first on tier 1 events before the grand slams.
Conie of Manila,
Philippines.

I think it is silly for the ATP not to use the technology available. Have been to many tournaments where the line calls and serve calls have been questionable, to say the least. So bring on Hawk-eye or whatever NOW.
Marianne Jenks

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