Miami Open organisers would not have been pleased after rain washed out Wednesday’s play at the event.
A host of matches were due to take place on Wednesday, but have been delayed due to persistent rainfall.
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This delay has restricted the schedule, while shining a light on the Miami Open’s biggest flaw.
In light of the delays, a decision needs to be made.
The Miami Open should extend their event by one day
With so many matches being pushed back, the schedule will likely become very congested throughout the course of the event.
While certainly an unorthodox decision, Miami Open organisers should choose to extend the event by one day in order to ease schedule congestion and time pressures, while also giving players and organisers room to manoeuvre in case of further delays.
Organisers will most probably not want to extend the event and cause disruption to the WTA schedule.
However, in a situation such as this, uncommon solutions are required.
It must be noted that any extension would have an effect on WTA events in Charleston and Bogota and ATP events in Houston, Marrakech and Bucharest.
However, it is likely that top seeds will reach the finals in Miami; and these top seeds would most probably receive byes at the smaller events, giving these players extra time to recover and travel.
Ultimately, the Miami Open should take a chance and extend the event, or risk further congestion at the tournament.
When the US Open final was postponed until Monday
In 2010, the US Open made the decision to push back their men’s singles final to the Monday due to persistent rain delays
It was the third consecutive year that this had occurred at the event.
Before 2008, the US Open men’s final hadn’t been pushed to Monday since 1987.
If you were in charge of tennis, what is the first rule you would change?
Last year, the US Open made the decision to expand to a 15-day tournament for the first time, with play beginning on a Sunday, rather than a Monday.
The decision followed that of Australian Open and the French Open, both of whom switched to 15-day events in 2024 and 2006.
