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The Yoshihiro Tanbara Archiveslast time you were up past 3 a.m. was probably thanks to a big night out. Or binge-watching something on TV, we get it.
But spare a thought for these tennis fans, who stuck it out at the Australian Open as a match between Garbine Muguruza and Johanna Konta in the tournament's latest start ever.
SEE ALSO: Serena Williams' daughter's doll Qai Qai is the real star of the Australian OpenAs per The Age, the match began just after 12.30am AEDT, thanks to daytime matches which ran overtime. Around 250 fans stuck around and watched on, and yeah, they looked tired.
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Credit: PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images The match finally wrapped up at 3:12 a.m., with Muguruza beating Konta 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-5. It's safe to say the players involved weren't so keen on the late start.
"I don't agree with athletes having to physically exert themselves in the wee hours of the morning," Konta told the BBC after the match.
"I don't think it is healthy — in fact it is quite dangerous ... However, Garbine and I were both in the same position and, with the circumstances, we really put on a great match and it's just a shame more people couldn't enjoy it."
It's not the latest finish to a match in the tournament's history, however, with that crown belonging to Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis in 2008. Their set finished at 4:34 a.m., after more than 4 hours and 45 minutes of play.
Even the longest match in modern tennis history, an eleven-hour marathon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010, was broken up over two days.
Anyway, here are some more tired-looking fans we can't help but admire.
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