Tennis-Djokovic backs schedule change at expanded Australian Open


Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 13, 2024 Serbia's Novak Djokovic during a press conference ahead of the Australian Open REUTERS/Edgar Su

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - John McEnroe has described the Australian Open's move to add an extra day to the schedule as a "money grab" but Novak Djokovic and other players hope the change will mean evening matches will no longer drag on until the early hours of the next morning.

Organisers said in October that the Melbourne Park major was switching to a 15-day tournament and would start on a Sunday for the first time in its 119-year history.

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