MELBOURNE, Jan 20 — Australian Open chief Craig Tiley insisted Friday there was “no need” to alter scheduling at the tournament despite stinging criticism after the second...
MELBOURNE, Jan 20 — Australian Open chief Craig Tiley insisted Friday there was “no need” to alter scheduling at the tournament despite stinging criticism after the second latest finish at a Grand Slam ever.
“I don’t know who it’s beneficial for. A match like that, we come here after the match, and that’s what the discussion is,” the 35-year-old Briton said after the five hours and 45 minutes spectacle, the longest of his career.The latest finish in the Open era was also at the Australian Open, in 2008 when Lleyton Hewitt outlasted Marcos Baghdatis in a third round clash that ended at 4:34am.
“You would expect from 7pm to 12pm in that five-hour window, you would get two matches,” he told broadcaster Channel Nine.
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