‘I want to sleep’ says Murray, as viewers stick around for one of the great, but late AO matches

CEO of Tennis Australia, Craig Tiley has hit back at calls for a scheduling change, as Nine’s free-to-air coverage continued to deliver ratings deep into the night for one of the all-time best Australian Open matches.

Starting just after 10pm Thursday evening and ending shortly after 4am Friday morning, Andy Murray triumphed over local, Thanasi Kokkinakis in an epic five-setter, and is being touted as one of the the best matches of the grand slam in years.

Kokkinakis and Murray hug at 4am (image from Facebook)