Past Midnight and Tennis Matches Waged on till Dawn

This year's US Open Tennis Tournament has had some of the best tennis matches, ever. However, no one is up to see them happening. Why? The scheduling has left fans in the dark because the players have been scheduled to play into the early hours of the morning. Alcaraz and Shelton played a 4 1/2 hour quarter-final match that went to a tie breaker in the 5th set and ended at 3:30 AM. In fact, the two top competitors didn't step out onto the court until after 11 PM.  This is not a new issue but it is something that should be addressed anew to making changes to benefit both fans and players. One of the appealing aspects of a tennis match is that it is NOT a timed event. The players must battle through long volleys, long sets and finally to mail-biting tie breakers. There have been concessions to speed play that do work:  serve clock, automated line-calling and in some tournaments like the French Open; scheduling only one night match. (Although the French Open is the last holdout on automated line calling.) Players need recovery time after a long, hard fought match and it seems unfair to pit them in a match the following morning because of the draw. Fans (myself included) lost out on watching the match between two top players, Alcaraz and Shelton which was one well worth watching, live. There have to be reasonable concessions made with  scheduling to ensure more fans can watch their favorite players and players can provide their best game.  There were 6 Americans to reach the 2026 US open quarterfinal since 2002.  Yahoo! And, we have two American women and two American men remaining in the singles competition. Go Jessica Pegual, coco Gauff, Ben Shelton and Frances Tailor.