MELBOURNE : Andy Murray said tennis must look at avoiding late-night finishes after competing a remarkable Australian Open victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis at 4.05am on Friday morning.
It was not quite the latest finish at the Australian Open, that being the clash between Leyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis which ended at 4.34am in 2008."Finishing at 4am isn't ideal. Because I don't know who it's beneficial for. A match like that, and we come here after the match and we're discussing the time rather than it being like epic Murray-Kokkinakis match, it ends in a bit of a farce," the Briton said.
"It's not beneficial for them. It's not beneficial for the umpires, the officials. I don't think it's amazing for the fans. It's not good for the players."
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