Italian tennis player Andrea Vavassori has expressed disappointment over the late scheduling of the Australian Open men's doubles final, which occurred in front of a small crowd after the women's singles final. Vavassori urged the tournament organizers to reconsider the time of the doubles final in the future, citing the lack of spectators as a disadvantage.
‘Change the time’: Italian star calls out AO decision after late-night final in front of ‘a handful of people’Italian tennis star Andrea Vavassori has hit out at the disadvantageous scheduling of the Australian Open men’s doubles final, urging the tournament organiser to make changes in the future.
Watch every ball of The 2025 Women’s Ashes Series LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo | New to Kayo?Vavassori and countryman Simone Bolelli fell to Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten in the final on Saturday night, 6-7 7-6 6-3, in front of a sparse crowd at Rod Laver Arena. The match, which took place following the women’s three-set final between winner Madison Keys and No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, didn’t finish until close to 2am AEDT, with a duration of three hours and four minutes.and said: “Hopefully, next year, maybe you change the time of the doubles , because I don’t think it’s good for doubles to have not so many people watching.
Vavassori and Bolelli have had horrid recent doubles luck, losing last year’s Australian Open final to India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden, before also falling short in the French Open final. The women’s doubles final, between the one-seeded Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova and No.3 seed Hsieh Su-wei and Jelena Ostapenko, is set for 3pm at Rod Laver Arena. It will lead into the evening’s men’s singles final between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev at 7:30pm.
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