NEW YORK (AP) — The final match Saturday at the U.S. Open got underway closer to midnight than expected, when Maria Sakkari and Beatriz Haddad Maia took the court at Louis Armstrong Stadium at 11:28 p.m.

They were delayed by a nearly four-hour men’s match that ended when Felix Auger-Aliassime eliminated third-seeded Alexander Zverev in four sets. It lasted just 70 minutes, ending at 12:38 a.m. Sunday with Haddad Maia advancing to the fourth round.

“Thanks everyone who stayed to the end,” Haddad Maia said in her on-court interview. “I know it’s very, very late and you guys are supporting women's tennis, and this is very, very important for us.”

The American Grand Slam instituted a policy last year that a tournament referee can move any match that hasn’t gone on by 11:15 p.m. to another c

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