Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley says no changes will be made to the Australian Open’s scheduling despite Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis’s early morning finish.
The 35-year-old three-time Grand Slam champion took almost six hours to defeat the 26-year-old Australian in a five-set epic, winning 4-6 6-7 7-6 6-3 7-5.Murray said the match ending so late was “a bit of a farce”, but Tiley said no changes would be made to the scheduling of the tournament.“We will always look at it, when we do the debrief like we do every year. But at this point ... we’ve got to fit those matches in the 14 days, so you don’t have many options.
This showcasing of Melbourne’s notoriously fickle weather meant Kokkinakis – who already had to wait 24 hours to complete his straight sets match against Italian veteran Fabio Fognini – did not take to the court against Murray until 10.20pm on Thursday because of the number of rain-delayed matched that had to be added to the schedule.“It is tough – we had bad weather. This happens in tennis more often than not – I just don’t think we sometimes hear about it,” Mr Tiley said.
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