One thing I dislike about these long matches (and the comment applies as well to many tournaments running normal-length matches) is how late into the next morning they run. Tonight, Van Boening and Orcollo will start a 9-Ball race to 150 at, apparently, 6 pm Central time. That will be 7 pm local time in Aiken, SC. It is likely to run way beyond midnight each day. The recent Van Boening/Woodward race to 150 (10-Ball) went to 1:30 am the first day and past 2 am the second day (Central time, so an hour later in the east) despite the average game length being only 4.5 minutes. Many tournaments have run even later.
Running so late may be good for no one other than the proprietor (and wait staff?) selling food and drink. Does any other "sport" maintain such hours? Wouldn't it be nice if tournament and challenge matches ended by about 11 pm each day? Of course, that would require some changes in format and, possibly, field size.
[And, yes, I realize that such late finishing times in one place are not so late in some other parts of the world.]