Overview
- The tournament set a new late-night record when Ben Shelton beat Carlos Alcaraz at 3:33 a.m., a finish that intensified criticism of match scheduling.
- Organizers concentrated all eight singles quarter-finals on Arthur Ashe Stadium, which created a single late-running night session that guaranteed extreme finish times.
- A high number of long matches made scheduling worse: the men’s draw produced 25 five-setters that stretched session lengths across the tournament.
- Prominent voices called for big fixes—John Lloyd urged cutting men’s matches to best-of-three—while Andy Roddick said the US Open is "actively looking" at forming a committee to find pragmatic solutions.
- Any change would need agreement from the USTA, players and broadcasters and could include moving marquee matches off Ashe, trialing format tweaks or operational scheduling fixes to protect player health and fan experience.