Evert continues to cast doubt over Australian Open scheduling after late Azarenka finish

Chris Evert continued to question the way Australian Open schedules its matches as another match (Azarenka v Zhu) finished late when it didn't need to.

Many in the tennis community came out against the scheduling at the Australian Open and other events which makes players start their matches late. On the off chance that the match goes the full distance, things can get pretty out of hand. Murray finished his match against Kokkinakis at around 04:00 in the morning with another match recently finishing after midnight as well.

Evert raised the issue after the Murray match and repeated it once again when Azarenka's match went long. She wrote:

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"Watching Azarenka and Zhu… what other sports, if any, compete at 2:30 am???"

Australian Open CEO Craig Tiley commented on it briefly confirming that they will not be changing the way they schedule matches as there was no need.

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Watching Azarenka and Zhu… what other sports, if any, compete at 2:30 am??? 😳😳😳🥴🥴🥴@AustralianOpen

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