"I don't think anyone enjoys watching tennis at 1,2 in the morning": Haas and Stubbs raise point about US Open scheduling

Tommy Haas, director of the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, expressed his opposition to the scheduling of matches in a conversation with Rennae Stubbs.

Several people from the tennis world have spoken out against the scheduling of some matches in the United States. This time it was the director of Indian Wells, Tommy Haas, who joined the criticism that former doubles world No. 1 Rennae Stubbs had made a few days earlier. In the Australian's podcast, both were against those schedules. The former German world No. 1 said:

“"I don't think anyone of us enjoys watching tennis [at] 1, 2 in the morning and the players don't deserve that either because again in the Grand Slams, they have the opportunity to recover the next day but by the time they get off the court, it'll be 2 in the morning."

"With the US Open sometimes, I can't keep my eyes open that late. It's 2 o'clock in the morning and they're still playing," added the former world No. 2.

Stubbs added that this scheduling is also detrimental to the fans:

"More importantly, it's the fans that are the ones that are suffering as well as the players because you know, sitting upto 2 in the morning and you have to go to work the next day. I hope that tournaments take that on board and try to start their matches early," said the former tennis player.