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New York is known as the city that never sleeps – and so it has been at this year’s US Open.<\/b><\/p>\n
A number of matches have started late and finished in the early hours, backing up the city’s reputation as a playground for the nocturnal.<\/p>\n
But when some players – including men’s semi-finalists Ben Shelton and Alexander Zverev – are heading to bed as Manhattan commuters are waking up for work, it raises questions about fairness.<\/p>\n
Three of top seed Zverev’s five matches over the past fortnight have finished past 1am.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been to bed as late as 6:45am in the past week so I’m kind of a bit jet-lagged,” Zverev said.<\/p>\n
“I feel like I’m playing the Australian Open in New York right now.”<\/p>\n
Friday’s semi-final against Karen Khachanov – not before 15:00 local time\/20:00 BST – will be the first time the German has played in the day at this year’s US Open.<\/p>\n
By contrast, unseeded Khachanov has not been on court beyond midnight. He also has slightly longer to prepare after his quarter-final against Alexander Blockx finished shortly before 19:00 local time on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
American eighth seed Shelton did not complete his last-eight victory over Carlos Alcaraz until 3:34am on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Shelton faces 11th seed Frances Tiafoe, who wrapped up his quarter-final about 19:00 on Tuesday after beating US compatriot Alex Michelsen in a five-set epic.<\/p>\n
“<\/b>The advantage of the opponent who has played earlier in the day will be big – they’ve had that full evening’s rest and a good night’s sleep,” Matt Little, who was Andy Murray’s long-time strength and conditioning coach, told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n
“We can all relate to it – if you have one really bad night’s sleep, you have the knock-on effect of that for the coming days.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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