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Feeling The Heat: Australian Open Temperatures Creep Into Triple Digits

Temperatures hit 104 degrees as the “start of an expected heat wave hit the Australian Open on Thursday, bringing misery to players unfortunate enough to have their matches scheduled during the day session and keeping many spectators away,” according to Justin Bergman of the AP. Matches were not halted as part of the event’s extreme heat policy, but the weather caused “issues for the players.” Gael Monfils “staggered through a good portion of his second-round match against Novak Djokovic,” though there were “no retirements due to the heat on Day 4” (AP, 1/18). Monfils said, “I played two sets out of breath for nothing, just to please the officials. At the end it's a bit risky" (Melbourne AGE, 1/19). In Sydney, Scott Spits notes the “brutally hot day at Melbourne Park” resulted in Garbine Muguruza receiving “treatment for blisters caused by the hot court surface” during her second-round loss to Su-Wei Hsieh. Muguruza said, “It's terrible, very, very hot, and it's easy to get blister and red" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 1/19). The crowd of 38,072 “was down about 10,000 people on the two previous day-time totals” (Melbourne AGE, 1/19).

THE HAPPY SLAM: ESPN's Patrick McEnroe noted there is a "lot of buzz" in Melbourne and throughout Australia for the tournament, and the event "just seems to get bigger and better" every year. ESPN's Brad Gilbert said, "It's an incredible sporting event. It's like the Super Bowl here for a couple of weeks. The country is alive and they love their tennis here" ("Australian Open," ESPN2, 1/17). ESPN's Chris Fowler noted it seemed like a "massive party" earlier in the week at Melbourne Park. Fowler: "Folks from all over Australia who'd never been to this tournament are here. ... All over the world -- there's Americans, Asians, Europeans." He said attending the Australian Open should be a "true bucket list" item for fans ("Australian Open," ESPN2, 1/16).

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