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Sam Querrey’s quarterfinal defeat at nearly 2 a.m. Wednesday morning highlighted a growing question about the U.S. Open: Does it make sense to have matches that late at night?

By the time Kevin Anderson, seeded 28, beat Querrey, seeded 17, the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium had mostly left. The stadium, which holds more than 23,000 people, looked…