Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo continues to say that the night session decision is simply because men’s matches are longer and so offer spectators better value for money. There’s a bigger picture around equality, to which the tournament generally seems oblivious.

Best-of-five sets only exists at the Grand Slams, where women and men compete for the same prize money — and a lot of folks complain that it’s equal pay for less work every time it comes up. It’s a prime example of another uneven dynamic, where women have to account for every possible bad-faith accusation that could emerge before opening their