The tournament can(and probably should) delay that match, but they don't have to. Extenuating circumstances like this can result in multiple matches on the same day in ATP tournaments, and the Slams which are not ATP events have more leeway to basically do what they want.
This match is so unbelievably epic that even IBM Slam-Tracker can't keep up with it(note the line near the top):
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