And a great Scot.
Lleyton Hewitt was involved in the latest match ever played at the Australian Open,a five-set thriller against Greek Marcos Baghdatis in 2008 that didn’t finish until 4.34am.
Long may Jacinda Ardern’s compassion,courage and intellect set the standard for national leaders everywhere.
The notion that Kyrgios’ regrettable,injury-induced absence from his home slam was a body blow for the tournament was fleeting and,as it transpires,wrong.
Australian Open boss Craig Tiley would be open to introducing a cut-off time for matches that spill into the early hours of the morning,if the majority of players made that request.
Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis’s historic five-set epic hinged on an extraordinary point that had the tennis world in disbelief.
Playing grand slam matches well into the early hours - regularly - is annoying the players and stopping fans from watching classic encounters.
At 4.05am,Andy Murray won one of the greatest Australian Open matches of all time,one that barely anyone saw.
The South Australian was left heart-broken with the Scot defeating him in a match that lasted five hours 45 minutes - the second longest in Australian Open history.
Four years after an on-court Australian Open tribute for what was assumed to be his retirement,Andy Murray takes down a top-20 prospect in the first round.
Ajla Tomljanovic backed up her bold words with actions to march confidently into the US Open second round at Flushing Meadows,while Alex de Minaur continued his hot American summer and compatriots John Millman and Daria Saville bowed out.