Andy Murray has described tennis’ scheduling as “amateurish” and a “whole mess” after extra video games completed within the early hours of the morning.
Qinwen Zheng’s fourth spherical win over Donna Vekic completed at 2.15 a.m. native on Monday on the US Open. Alexander Zverev’s third spherical overcome Tomas Martin Etcheverry went 4 units and ended at 2.35 a.m. That point was simply quarter-hour wanting the most recent end on the US Open which is a document held by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner when their quarterfinal in 2022 completed at 2.50 a.m.
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Murray has retired from tennis after a superb profession which noticed him win three Grand Slam singles titles. However he has been a frequent critic of tennis’ scheduling, with matches at Slams generally stretching lengthy into the night time. Gamers have spoken concerning the detrimental impact these late finishes have on their very own welfare and restoration, and Murray took to social media to specific his personal opinion.
He wrote: “The tennis scheduling scenario is a complete mess. It appears so amateurish having matches occurring at 2,3 4am Type it out,” and tagged in all the most important tournaments in addition to the ATP Tour, the WTA and the Worldwide Tennis Federation.
Murray has been sufferer of those late finishes earlier than. His second spherical Australian Open match in opposition to Thanasi Kokkinakis went 5 units, lasted five-hours, 45 minutes and completed at 4.05 a.m. native — the third newest end within the historical past of the game at tour stage.
Lleyton Hewitt’s five-set win in opposition to Marcos Baghdatis completed at 4.34 a.m. within the third spherical of the 2008 Australian Open, whereas Alexander Zverev’s victory over Jenson Brooksby on the Abierto Mexico match concluded at 4.55 a.m. in 2022.
