Australian Open adds an extra day to stop matches going late into the night

Tennis-Australian Open adds extra day to minimise late finishes

(Reuters) - The Australian Open will switch to a Sunday start and be held over 15 days instead of 14 for the first time next year in a bid to avoid night matches finishing in the early hours of the

Tennis-Australian Open adds extra day to minimise late finishes

(Reuters) - The Australian Open will switch to a Sunday start and be held over 15 days instead of 14 for the first time next year in a bid to avoid night matches finishing in the early hours of the morning, organisers said. Read full story

Tennis-Australian Open adds extra day to minimise late finishes

(Reuters) - The Australian Open will switch to a Sunday start and be held over 15 days instead of 14 for the first time next year in a bid to avoid night matches finishing in the early hours of the morning, organisers said. Night session matches that stretch into the early hours of the following morning are common at the season's first Grand Slam, with Briton Andy Murray describing his 4:05 a.m. finish in a game against Thanasi Kokkinakis th…

Australian Open adds extra day to minimise late finishes

The Australian Open will switch to a Sunday start and be held over 15 days instead of 14 for the first time next year in a bid to avoid night matches finishing in the early hours of the morning, organisers said.Night session matches that stretch into the early hours of the following morning are common at

Australian Open adds an extra day to stop matches going late into the night

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The Australian Open will add an extra day to its schedule next year in a bid to reduce pressure on players and fans following a series of punishing matches in recent years that ended well into the early hours. The new 15-day schedule for January’s season-opening grand slam in Melbourne comes after growing calls to limit finish times across a notoriously crowded schedule marked by a number of matches going long in…