Alcaraz Wants End to Late-Night Matches at Grand Slams
The world number three said matches ending at 3:33 a.m. hurt players, stadium crowds and television audiences.
- On Thursday, Carlos Alcaraz, the world number three, urged Grand Slam organizers to prevent matches from running into the early morning hours, citing physical strain after his recent US Open exit.
- Alcaraz's title defense ended in a five-set thriller against Ben Shelton that concluded at 3:33 AM, marking the latest finish in US Open history after four hours and 28 minutes of play.
- Alcaraz told reporters in London that finishing at 3:30 AM forces players to bed by 7 AM, hindering recovery and giving opponents an unfair edge, while late schedules cause fans to leave stadiums early.
- Novak Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion, recently proposed slashing sets from first-to-six to first-to-four games to reduce match length, while others suggest switching to best-of-three matches.
- Team World captain Andre Agassi defended the five-set format, insisting the "gladiator" nature of tennis makes major titles meaningful and arguing that shortening matches would dilute the sport's rich history.
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The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz called for the end of the games that end very late in Grand Slam tournaments, weeks after his elimination at the US Open for the American Ben Shelton, in a duel that ended after three and a half in the morning at local time. The match of final Wednesdays, played in five sets, began on the evening of the last day 8, on Tuesday, and entered by Wednesday morning after four hours and 28 minutes, the one that …
World number three Carlos Alcaraz is calling for an end to late-night matches at Grand Slam tournaments. The Spaniard has called on tennis' top officials to end late-night matches at all major tournaments, the French news agency AFP reports.
Eliminated in the middle of the night by Ben Shelton at the US Open, the Spaniard sent a message to the world tennis authorities regarding the schedule in the Grand Slam.
That quarter final, played at five sets (6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7)), began on a Tuesday night and ended in the early morning of Wednesday after 4 hours and 28 minutes, being the game that later ended in the history of the United States Open. "For a player who ends at 3:30 a.m., that means that we have to leave the track at 4:30 a.m. and then return to the hotel," said number three of the world at a press conference in London on the ev…
London Objava Alcaraz nakon US Opena traži da se mečevi na Grand Slam turnirima ne igraju dugo u noć pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
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