The defending women’s Australian Open champion was asked to potentially move her quarterfinal match off the tournament’s main court because of potential time constraints, which she pushed back against after some mental math.

And now, there has been some debate over why Aryna Sabalenka’s match was considered being moved in the first place.

Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova started their quarterfinal match at 9:09 p.m. Australian time Tuesday, which was about two hours after things were supposed to kick off after Novak Djokovic’s match against Taylor Fritz dragged on at Rod Laver Arena.

According to Sabalenka, who won her match in straight sets, tournament officials asked her to potentially move her match off the main venue to Margaret Court Arena to accommodate the men’s match between Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev because the Djokovic-Fritz match was running long.

Sinner and Rublev didn’t end up starting their match until about 10:42 p.m.

“They asked our opinions, what do we think, and if we want to be moved right now,” Sabalenka said, according to 7 News.

“We just told them that, well, let’s see how this match goes and if it’s going to be really long then maybe it’s a good idea to be moved so they’re not going to finish like [Daniil] Medvedev the other night.

“Novak won that set 6-2 and it was still quite early and we decided to wait for this match.”

Though all the matches that were scheduled at the main court ended up being played there — albeit behind schedule — Eurosport’s Tim Henman wondered why tournament organizers asked the women’s quarterfinal match to move things to a different spot.

“I’m intrigued,” Henman said, as covered by the Telegraph. “Why are they asking the women to move, when they’re not the last match? They’re alright, they’re going to play and are going to be a bit late, but it’s the last match of the day — [Andrey] Rublev and [Jannik] Sinner — they’re going to be behind the eight ball.”

John McEnroe had his own opinions on why the question came up.

“I’ll tell you why they asked the women, because if it went 6-0, 6-1 in one hour then they [the fans] would all be up in arms,” McEnroe replied the Henman. “They stay on Rod Laver and let’s say they move the guys and Sabalenka wins easily, then everyone’s upset.”

Despite the court debate, Sabalenka cruised into the semifinals and was happy with her performance, despite, getting things started much later than anticipated.

“I played great tennis,” Sabalenka, according to the Associated Press. “I hope I can keep playing that way, or even better.”