Tennis hawk eye challenge?

Question

Why did tennis players that request a hawkeye challenge and win it don't get the point. I noticed during the Australia Open man's final when Federer was serving. He served and he and his oponent were rallying and Federer's forehand is called out. Federer challenged the call, and the ball was in, yet he did not get the point, instead he had to serve again. WHY!!!???

Answer 1

It depends on the chair umpire's concept. If the umpire feels the ball was a winner the point goes directly to the challenger.

If the umpire feels the player had a chance to hit back but didn't do it because of the call, the point is played again.

Answer 2

you only get the point if the shot was clearly unreturnable.
this is because if the linesman calls the ball out, and the opposing player is getting ready to hit the ball back and is distracted by the call, it is not fair to the opposing player.

so instead, they just replay the point.

usually on challenged serves that are overturned, they are considererd aces, so the player gets the point.
if the ball is being rallied, the umpire has to decide whether or not the ball was returnable, and if it was, no point is awarded.

Answer 3

You only get the point if it was obviously a winner. If it was returnable, the opponent might've gotten distracted by the call so they usually replay it. I like watching Federer because his challenges are always so accurate.

Answer 4

It was because Fernando was there to hit the ball back. If the call had NOT been called out, he would have returned it. Roger would have won the point only if he had hit a winner, which was called 'Out'.