Despite the "farce" - Australian Open boss Tiley wants to stick to night shifts
Tournament director Craig Tiley does not believe that adjustments to the Australian Open schedule are necessary despite Andy Murray 's night shift until 4 a.m.
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Jan 20, 2023, 10:14 am
"If you only have one game scheduled for the evening and there is an injury, you don't have anything for the fans or for the TV stations," Tiley told TV station Nine: "At this point in time there is no reason to change the schedule ."
The two-time Olympic champion Murray only had the 4: 6, 6: 7 (4), 7: 6 (5), 6: 3, 7: 5- Success against Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis made perfect. "I don't know who benefits," Murray said afterwards. He added, looking at the clock: "After a match like that, we come here and that's the discussion." It was "a little farce". The Scot also addressed the fact that it was too late for the ball kids.
"Crazy - no other sport does that," wrote the 18-time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova and tweeted that "better rules" had to be found in tennis in terms of the weather and the start and end times of matches . Tiley said the expectation is that two matches could be completed in the evening sessions between 7pm and midnight.
Late end times of the evening matches also caused discussions at the French Open last year.
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