Andy Murray: Australian Open late finish was a farce and tennis has to change 🟢Story from jamesgraysport for iPaperSport
“We come here after the match and that’s what the discussion is. Rather than it being like, epic Murray-Kokkinakis match, it ends in a bit of a farce.
“But if my child was a ball kid for a tournament and they’re coming home at five in the morning, as a parent, I’m snapping at that. “We talk about it all the time, and it’s been spoken about for years. But when you start the night matches late and have conditions like that, these things are gonna happen.”The former world No 1 finally triumphed in in five hours and 45 minutes, the longest match of his career, but blamed the absurd timings on the conditions and specifically the Dunlop balls, which have been widely panned this week.“The courts are not slow.
And Murray added his voice to those calling for a more pragmatic, player-centric approach to scheduling
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