Paris: Andy Murray has refused to back calls for the introduction of cricket-style light meters to help end the controversies over late evening playing conditions which have plagued the French Open.
The British fourth seed crashed out of Roland Garros on Sunday losing 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 to Tomas Berdych, the 12th seeded Czech.
Murray, a quarter-finalist in 2009, was angry that his fourth round match was concluded in fading light and after the tie had already suffered a 40-minute rain interruption.
It was just one of a succession of late finishes which have been a feature of a tournament affected by wet, cold weather for five days.
On Wednesday, a second-round match between Frenchman Gael Monfils and Italy's Fabio Fognini was called off in complete darkness.
"It's something that maybe needs to change," said Murray, when quizzed over how to standardise what constitutes bad light.
"I think that it shouldn't be down necessarily to a supervisor to make the call, because he's not the one playing. Tennis is an individual sport and not every single person's eyesight is as good.
"Some guys might find it easier to see for an extra 15 minutes than others. If one guy doesn't want to play or is finding it hard to see, then we should stop. You don't gain a whole lot playing an extra 10 minutes.
"Just let the players decide if they can't see, then they stop."
Despite his defeat, Murray refused to blame the conditions or the schedule which saw him on court for five out of seven days to complete four matches.
"It was frustrating. I knew I would have to take chances and hit lots of winners. I needed to be solid and stable and hang in there because I knew I would get chances," said Murray.
"I struggled after the rain delay. He hits a big ball in those kind of heavy conditions."
Berdych will face Russia's Mikhail Youzhny for a place in the semi-finals where either defending champion Roger Federer or Sweden's Robin Soderling will be the opposition.
The giant Czech admitted that he settled better than Murray once they came back on court after the rain stoppage.
"There was the delay and the darkness, maybe I handled it better than he did," said Berdych, who will be playing in his first Roland Garros quarter-final.
"The balls were covered in clay, they were all brown and were tough to see and the court was really wet. My coach told me that Andy looked like he didn't want to play."
Berdych had won the first set 6-4 with Murray ahead 4-3 in the second when play was halted at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) and most fans had already left Court Suzanne Lenglen believing that the match would conclude on Monday.
But play resumed at 8:40 pm (1840 GMT) despite the dank, windy surroundings and Murray never settled, arguing constantly with the officials as well as berating himself.
Berdych secured the only break of the second set in the ninth game and held his nerve to achieve another in the seventh game of the decider as Murray's challenge fell to pieces.