“What would you say if a Barça/Madrid match started at 2 am? What would you say if the Champions League final ended at 4 am? Tennis is the only sport that allows this stupidity. It is enough to hide a grave situation like an epic for tennis players and spectators.”The current vice president of sports of the Spanish Tennis Federation, tennis player Tomás Carbonell, about the match between Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis ended this Thursday morning at 4.06 in Melbourne with the Scottish tennis player winning 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-5, 5 hours and 45. minute war.

The 35-year-old Scotsman wrote “Crazy” in the lens of his television camera before heading to the locker rooms. “Right now all I want is to sleep. I don’t know what good a game like this is to anyone. Instead of being epic, it’s a bit of bullshit,” he said. murray after playing the second game He faced the Australian Open in 2008, which later ended Lleyton Hewitt Y Marcos BagdatisIt ended at 04.34.

Criticism of McEnroe and Navratilova

“I’m amazed that they’re still playing at that hour. It’s crazy that this is happening. It’s true that it’s rare, but it’s ridiculous to me. What other sport, World Cup, American football, NBA, are they playing at 4 a.m.?, he highlighted the old world number 1, john mcenroeat Eurosport.

Czech said, “It’s absolutely ridiculous that these things happen, I know it wasn’t planned that way, frankly. I don’t think it’s healthy for the body to play at those hours.” Marketa Vondrousova In the match that ended at 01:00 on the same day, he eliminated Tunisian Ons Jabeur (world number 2).

Former world number 1 tweeted, “You need to establish better rules regarding the weather (light and wind) and the start or end times of the matches.” Martina Navratilova.

there will be no change

I did not agree Craig TileyThe director of the Australian Open defended the tournament’s session in the central courts this Friday. “We won’t change the schedule. These types of games don’t happen very often. The normal thing is that two games are played in five hours, if you only do one schedule at night, there may be an injury and there may not be a game for the fans or the television,” he said. The night schedule in tournaments also allows the tournament to be viewed in different world time zones.

murrayHe will have a few hours to prepare for the 3rd round match, going to bed when his teammates wake up for breakfast. Roberto Batista who will play, this Saturday again in the night session (09:00 in Spain). Another possible marathon against the tennis player from Castellón, who is the only Spaniard to reach the third round of 11 starting the men’s tournament this year.