Five sets in five hours and 45 minutes.

The second longest match in the Australian Open grand slam tournament.

It led to four o'clock in the morning before 35-year-old Andy Murray won the match against Thanasi Kokkinakis.

- We come here after the match and the discussion is about that, instead of how epic the match was, says Murray and continues:

- If my child had been a ball boy at a tournament and they came home at five in the morning, I, as a parent, would have been annoyed.

It's not good for them.

The fact that the match started as late as 22.20 in the evening is problematic, Murray believes.

- It is not good for the judges or the officials.

I don't think it's unbelievable for the supporters.

It's not good for the players.

Tournament director Craig Tiley defends the schedule.

- It was an epic match and when you schedule it like that, you don't think it will last for almost six hours, he says.

At the Australian Open, two evening matches are played per day at Rod Laver Arena.

The first starts at seven in the evening local time and the second starts after that.

Therefore, the late match runs the risk of being very late.

Murray was back on the court just eight hours after the marathon match against Kokkinakis ended.

That to recover from the match and prepare for another evening match, this time against the 25th-ranked Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut.

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The sick ball duel is celebrated worldwide