Jamie Murray suggested tournament organisers need to look at ways to end the farce of sending players out on court for best of five set matches at 11pm at night ...
[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) We can’t continue to have players compete into the wee hours of the morning. Of course not, yet tennis is the only sport that stands alone in pursuing this crazy scheduling. “We can’t continue to have players compete into the wee hours of the morning. [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/)
Andy Murray produced yet another Herculean effort at the Australian Open, coming back from two sets and a break down against home favorite Thanasi ...
Murray now holds the record for most comebacks from two sets down of all active players with 11 – and this one might have been his greatest yet. With Kokkinakis two sets up and leading 2-0 in the third set, Murray improbably chased down five successive shots that all should have been winners, before eventually forcing his opponent into a mistake to break serve. That’s why I kept going.” “I have experience of it and I rely on that experience and that drive and that fight, and my love of the game and competing, and my respect for this event and the competition. “I mean, I don’t know … in Melbourne.
The 35-year-old Murray had just fought off a match point and completed his record 11th comeback from down two sets to prevail over Thanasi Kokkinakis, 4-6, 6-7( ...
He added: “I think now I ride the most matches coming from two sets to love down so I have done it before. They are 3-3 all-time, but Bautista Agut beat Murray in five sets in the first round of the 2019 Australian Open. “It was unbelievable that I managed to turn that round,” Murray, ranked No. And I don’t know how I managed to get through it. “It’s ridiculously late, you didn’t need to do that but it really helps me and Thanasi in a situation like that creating an amazing atmosphere for us so I appreciate that. The 35-year-old Murray had just fought off a match point and completed his record 11th comeback from down two sets to prevail over Thanasi Kokkinakis, 4-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-5 at 4.05 a.m.
It took the Brit until 4.05am to defeat Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis. 6PR and Nine News Tennis Correspondent, Craig Gabriel, told Millsy and Karl on 6PR ...
Murray's stirring five-set comeback against Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia ended a day that also saw the men's singles favorite Novak Djokovic win while ...
men’s singles title for the University of Florida, where his father is the coach, and is making his first trip outside the U.S. It was the standout victory of Brooksby’s career, and it was a bad day all around for No. The surprise is that the American men’s surge in Melbourne does not include their leader: the No. Then, after losing his serve, he broke Ruud again at love to reclaim full command of the match. Open finals last year, could not solve the riddle of Brooksby’s unconventional game. I hope for the positive outcome. He has dominated on clay for close to two decades and could aim for a 15th singles title at the French Open. I hope for the best. Late in the second set, Djokovic, with his left hamstring tightly wrapped, began wincing and landing awkwardly on some shots, looking far from eager to slide into his signature defensive splits. He recorded the most significant victory of his career by upsetting the No. 1 seed and the reigning champion, on the same court. But the quality and tenacity of play was often extraordinary down the stretch despite all that time on the court.
Their battle lasted five hours and 45 minutes, so one would think numerous bathroom breaks would be necessary. But when Murray requested a trip to the restroom ...
"It's a 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞... It's 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥!" "So, yeah, we talk about it all the time. Some people said he was breaking the rules and just left the court, but he later explained on social media that the chair umpire gave him permission as long as he hurried up. He described the situation and rule as "disrespectful." "Do you know something?
Andy Murray called for tennis to end the "farce" of all-night matches after battling past 4am at the Australian Open to defeat Thanasi Kokkinakis in one of ...
[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) “That’s why I kept going.” It’s obviously amazing to win the match but I also want to go to bed now. But when you start the night matches late and have conditions like that, these things are going to happen.” I’m like, ‘It’s great, but I want to sleep’.” [Live Tennis](https://www.tennis365.com/category/live-tennis/) It’s not beneficial for the umpires, the officials. Some people obviously need to work the following day and everything. It’s not good for the players. “We come here after the match and that’s what the discussion is, rather than it being like, ‘epic Murray-Kokkinakis match’. It’s not beneficial for them. I don’t think it’s amazing for the fans.
Andy Murray's still got it. On a historic night-turned-early-morning at Melbourne Park, the 35-year-old former world No. 1 won the longest match of his ...
Andy Murray was left fuming after he was denied a chance to go to the toilet in the middle of his five-set marathon against Thanasi Kokkinakis at the ...
She gave me permission and told me to be quick.” “So she told me (you didn’t capture that with a camera), I had to hurry up. Although the umpire could be heard saying he had 30 seconds to return, Djokovic was back on court before the timer ran out, winning the following game comfortably. I didn’t ‘defy’ her or the rules. It’s ridiculous.” “Do you know something?
Murray's second-round comeback victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis took him past Roger Federer, Boris Becker and Aaron Krickstein for most singles wins having ...
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Andy Murray's heroics during his second-round match against Thanasi Kokkinakos at the Australian Open has left John McEnroe in awe.
[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) “You would send his way right now because this is about the love of the sport more than anything else. “I would say to Andy Murray that you make our sport shine. It was one of the most insane things I’ve seen in all my years watching tennis.” There’s recovery, when you could even possibly think about going to sleep, how do you even look at the next opponent? [Live Tennis](https://www.tennis365.com/category/live-tennis/) For starters, it was insane that matches at that level are played 4-430am in the morning,” Very impressive. We’ve crunched the numbers and they’re impressive. [discovery+](https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/sport/tennis/australian-open?utm_campaign=UK-EU-D1-WBD-C11-PR-CAM-AW-W-Tennis-AustralianOpen-221221-NA&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pr.com&utm_content=text-paid-prcom-id1) and Eurosport [McEnroe](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/andy-f-murray-jamie-murray-juan-martin-del-potro-john-mcenroe-ultimate-respect/), a seven-time Grand Slam winner, said.