Andy Murray needs 5 sets and nearly 5 hours 45 minutes to beat Thanasi Kokkinakiis in the second round of the men's singles expansion 2023. This match ends at 4h05 am on January 19 local time. At 7 pm on January 21, Murray played round 3 and lost to Roberto Bautista Agut after 4 sets (1-6, 7-6, 3-6 and 4-6).
Not enough time to recover and play continuously at different time frames becomes one of the reasons why Murray stops the game in the third round. He suggested that the organizers adjust the schedule so that the remaining tennis players do not encounter the same situation.
In response, Australian Open's Craig Tilei director said that everything did not need to change. Mr. Tiley affirmed that the competition at 7 pm did not affect too much of the players.
But Novak Djokovic did not think so. He supported Murray's view of changing the schedule. That change is even more necessary with a player struggling with the problem of ribbed as the owner of 21 Grand Slam.
“I think the comments of players are always important to the organization of the tournament. I agree with Andy Murray's view. The matches of the day should be reduced to 2 matches instead of 3 matches.
I think the matches that take place in the evening should be started earlier than 1 hour. For the audience, it is interesting to watch the matches taking place at midnight or 1, 2, 3 am. But for players like us.
For us, it is really tired. Even when winning the match at that time, we still have to continue. Each of us has our own sleep cycle. The completely interrupted biological rhythm and not enough time to recover will significantly affect the next match.
Hopefully the tournament organizers pay attention to his suggestions. For athletes, sleep is always the number 1, ”Daily Express quoted the world's No. 1.
Novak Djokovic defeated Grigor Dimitrov after 3 sets to become Alex De Minaur's opponent in the fourth round of the Australian expansion 2023. This match will take place at 15:00 today (January 23).
