Retired tennis star Andy Murray has lamented over the scheduling of tennis games that stretch into late night, saying it lacks professional standards.
Murray, who enjoyed an illustrious career, has been an ardent critic of tennis’s scheduling.
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Following Qinwen Zheng’s fourth round win over Donna Vekic, which finished at 2.15 a.m. local time on Monday at the US Open, and Alexander Zverev’s third round triumph over Tomas Martin Etcheverry, which went four sets and ended at 2.35 a.m., Murray described the tennis’ scheduling as “amateurish” and a “total mess.”.
That time was just 15 minutes short of the latest finish at the US Open, which is a record held by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner when their quarterfinal in 2022 finished at 2.50 a.m.
“The tennis scheduling situation is a total mess. It looks so amateurish having matches going on at 2, 3 and 4 am. Sort it out,” he wrote.
Murray has been a victim of these late finishes before. His second round Australian Open match against Thanasi Kokkinakis went five sets, lasted five hours and 45 minutes, and finished at 4.05 a.m. local—the third latest finish in the history of the sport at tour level.
