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murray recently condemned the scheduling of the us open because zheng qinwen's fourth-round match against vekic set a record for the latest women's singles match in us open history. the match ended at 2:15 a.m. local time, and zheng advanced to the quarterfinals.

chung was scheduled to play the final match of the night session at arthur ashe stadium on sunday. during the day session, dimitrov and rublev played five sets before gauff lost to navarro in three sets. the night session was delayed due to the length of the day session. tiafoe then defeated poplin 6-4 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 in the first match of the night, followed by a rematch of the olympic singles final between chung and vekic.

zheng's match against vekic began at around 11:25 p.m. on sunday, lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes, and ended at around 2:15 a.m. the croatian failed to get revenge, and zheng won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2, setting a record for the latest end time for a women's match at the u.s. open. the previous record was set by sakkari and andreescu in the fourth round of the 2021 match, which ended at 2:13 a.m.

yesterday, murray criticized the us open organizing committee on x for its outrageous scheduling decision, which led to the end of the game late at night. he called it "amateur" and called for improvement, "tennis scheduling is a mess. playing games at 2, 3 and 4 in the morning looks too amateurish."

it is worth noting that sabalenka's third-round match against alexandrova set the record for the latest start of the us open, starting eight minutes after midnight on saturday, august 31, and sabalenka won at around 2:00 a.m. zverev's victory over echeverri ended at 2:35 a.m. on saturday.

murray's criticism of late-night matches is not new. at the 2023 australian open, murray's second-round match against kokkinakis started after 10 p.m. and lasted 5 hours and 45 minutes. murray won 4-6 6-7 (4) 7-6 (5) 6-3 7-5. the match ended at 4:05 a.m., the third-latest tennis match in history. murray severely criticized the australian open organizing committee for its schedule, saying that such a schedule was not good for anyone.

"but if my kids were ball boys at a tournament and they didn't get home until five in the morning, as a parent i'd be furious about that. it's not good for them; it's not good for the umpires, the officials; i don't think it's good for the fans; it's not good for the players," said andy murray.

"we've been talking about it and have been talking about it for several years. but when you start night games late and have conditions like this, these things happen," he added.

at the time, many tennis stars, including martina navratilova and andy murray's brother jamie, also criticized the grand slam schedule. (author: sparks)