The tension between spectacle and scheduling was laid bare again on Tuesday after a string of marathon contests pushed play deep into the early hours of Wednesday.
New York – When the dust settled on Ben Shelton’s shock win over defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at 3:33 a.m. on Wednesday in the latest-ever finish at the U.S. Open, organizers faced a question that had been forming for days: how late is too late? The concern was not sparked by one marathon alone as three matches ended after 2 a.m. during the Grand Slam’s opening week, while two more ran well beyond midnight, and Venus Williams was involved in the latest-starting clash that began at 12:13 a.m.
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