Another late start at the US Open as Sakkari and Haddad Maia take the court just before 11:30 p.m.

NEW YORK AP The final match Saturday at the U S Open got underway closer to midnight than expected when Maria Sakkari and Beatriz Haddad Maia took the court at Louis Armstrong Stadium at p m They were delayed by a nearly four-hour men s match that ended with Felix Auger-Aliassime eliminating third-seeded Alexander Zverev in four sets The American Grand Slam instituted a approach last year that a tournament referee can move any match that hasn t gone on by p m to another court A U S Tennis Association spokesperson reported the decision had been made after the fourth set of Auger-Aliassime versus Zverev that Sakkari and Haddad Maia would play either on Armstrong as scheduled or another court Had Auger-Aliassime and Zverev gone into a fifth set the Sakkari-Haddad Maia match would have been moved elsewhere the spokesperson stated This was the seventh-latest start in Flushing Meadows and it came a year to the day of the record-setter when Aryna Sabalenka and Ekaterina Alexandrova s night-session match began at a m technically on Aug It was not the latest U S Open start for Haddad Maia who began a match against Bianca Andreescu at p m in Late-night matches and scheduling in majors has become a hot debate in the sport notably also at the French Open and Australian Open Wimbledon has an p m curfew The final men s match of the day Tommy Paul against Alexander Bublik was only in the second set in Arthur Ashe Stadium when Sakkari and Haddad Maia started Iga Swiatek rallied from down - in the first set to beat Anna Kalinskaya to begin the night session on Ashe Paul played a post-midnight marathon match Thursday into Friday in the second round defeating Nuno Borges in hours minutes concluding at a m AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source