Novak Djokovic played his 2nd night session match this year at Roland Garros and he lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets.
Both Djokovic and Nadal are not fond of them and neither are many other players with several factors in play. The conditions of playing are quite tough, it gets cold and the ball becomes heavier making the points drag out and the matches longer. The recovery after such a match is very tricky resulting in players going to bed fairly late.
Djokovic singled out the time as one of the reasons he doesn't like them and he's not the only one. Speaking following his Nadal match, he once again said:
"There are different opinions about the night sessions. I think they are starting too late, to be honest. But again, TV decides. That's the world we are living in. Broadcasters give the money. They decide."
The matches are starting at 21:00 local time and rarely end before 11 local time. Last night's match ended at 01:15 local time which means that Nadal had a tricky time with his recovery and bedtime. Alexander Zverev complained about them as well blaming a similar scheduling scheme at the Madrid Open for his loss in the final against Alcaraz explaining he went to bed at four in the morning.
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