Novak Djokovic Outrightly Defends Friend Australian Open Director Amid Controversy Surrounding the Tournament

The recent few editions of the Australian Open saw some of the biggest names in the tennis community complaining about the night session matches being concluded past midnight. While many are blaming the tournament’s director, Craig Tiley, the defending champion Novak Djokovic recently called out the real culprits for the late-night schedule farce being faced by both participants and fans.

Despite expanding to a 15-day event for the first time, some of the players, including the third seed, Daniil Medvedev, were forced to finish past 2 a.m. on the initial round days. Notably, the late-night matches in Melbourne Park have now become a talking point for many, including the 24-time singles Grand Slam champion.

Novak Djokovic issues his candid take on the late-night matches at the Australian Open

With his sheer on-court brilliance, the defending champion recently brushed aside the 12th-seeded American Taylor Fritz with a score of 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. In his post-match conference, the ‘Djoker’ was asked to shed light on the criticism being faced by Craig Tiley due to the late-night match scheduling at the Australian Open.

While calling the tournament’s director a ‘great person,’ the Serb expressed his respect and admiration for Tiley, who is always trying to do his ‘best for the players’. Djokovic said, “He’s a tournament director, and he’s obviously trying always to communicate with players and take their opinions and consideration.”

As he came forward to defend the CEO of Tennis Australia, the 36-year-old player opened up about how the TV broadcasting channels are the real culprits for the scheduling issue at the Grand Slam event. The current world No. 1 said, “But, you know, TV broadcasting channels have the biggest power. We know that. Which is not unusual because, you know, they are the ones that are giving us the stage, as well, the platform to reach out to millions of people around the world, which is great for us.”

While he asserted that the broadcasting channels have the ‘biggest power,’ the 24-time singles Grand Slam champion also said that it’s difficult to determine the ideal course of action in this situation. He added, “Yeah, it’s hard to say what the best scenario is in this case.”

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