JUST IN: <\/strong> Tennis star forced to stay coachless after mentor ditched her for Naomi Osaka<\/strong><\/p>\n “That from a playing perspective doesn’t really make sense and neither does it make sense from a fan perspective, a broadcasting perspective and any commercial partner perspective. If you look in the stands and zoom out from the exhausted players at those matches, the fans are mostly gone. They have jobs, they have families and things to do, they just need to go to sleep.”<\/p>\n Zverev recently became the latest player to call out tennis chiefs over the issue of scheduling at the China Open, with the 26-year-old being taken to three sets by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a match that did not start until after midnight.<\/p>\n He said: “Obviously, it\u2019s difficult to play til 3am. I\u2019m not sure it was the right call to keep us on this court. I think we should\u2019ve changed courts. We should\u2019ve gone on. There\u2019s so many great courts on the stadium, so many opportunities where we could\u2019ve played. I\u2019m not sure we should\u2019ve waited til past midnight to start the match, to be honest.”<\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that changes will be made at next year’s Australian Open in a bid to minimise late-night finishes. The event will now be staged over 15 days instead of 14, while day sessions on the main show court have also been reduced after Murray was among the players to express his frustration back in January.<\/p>\n The two-time Wimbledon champion’s second-round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis did not finish until 4:05am, with Murray branding the scheduling a ‘farce’ at the time.<\/p>\n “I don’t know who it’s beneficial for,” he said. “We come here after the match and that’s what the discussion is, rather than it being like \u2018epic Murray-Kokkinakis match\u2019, it ends in a bit of a farce. Amazingly people stayed until the end, and I really appreciate people doing that and creating an atmosphere for us. Some people obviously need to work the following day and everything.”<\/p>\n Follow our Express Sport<\/i> page on Instagram <\/b>here<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/4993003.jpg?r=1696405057333\")
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