Tennis players facing the heat at Shanghai and Wuhan tournaments
“Do you want a player to die on the field?”
This was the question that Holger Rune asked an official when he was treated by a doctor and physiotherapist in Shanghai Masters.
At the end of a long season, the temperature reaches up to 34 degrees during the day and the humidity reaches 80 %, the players feel physically.
Wuhan Açık, whom Emma Raducanu retired from the first round of the first round match on Tuesday, is similar to 500 miles in the west. On Monday, the matches on the outside areas were stopped and the roof of the main site was closed.
On Tuesday, the former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, after retiring due to the illness in the match against Cirstea on Tuesday, announced that he had “had a warm impact”.
IGA Swiatek enjoyed the defeat of Marie Bouzkova’s 6-1 and 6-1, but the world’s number is grateful for not playing on Monday when the two number of two number of players was “too much for most of the players”.
Swiatek, “I hope other matches, girls will be planned at a time when they can compete instead of dying,” he added.
In Shanghai, Rune was measured on Sunday after he did not feel good at his third round of his third round of Humbert, and his blood pressure was measured and an ice towel wrapped on his shoulders.
Novak Djokovic said that the conditions under the challenging third round were “ruthless”, that Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard felt like he was dying on the field “because of the moisture and that he could hardly walk because of cramps in Jannik Sinner’s Sunday night match.
Retired from the first round match on Thursday, Retired Terence Atmane, Instagram’da shared the stress of the field due to hot.
“After the first issue of the match, both hands were shaking,” the French player wrote.
“After the second match and a 2-0 comfortable win, I felt my whole body tremble and felt that I drowned after every number.
“The temperature stress I encountered today could have been worse than losing my consciousness for an hour and rapid heartbeat …”
Rune, who was treated on Sunday, asked why the heat rule was not applied in ATP, which is the institution that manages men.
The answer was “this is a very good question”.
Danish Rune returned to the theme on Tuesday after defeating Mpetshi Perricard with a three -set win in the fourth round.
The world’s number 11 said he thought that a rule should be brought “every player will agree.”
“We can withstand a certain amount of heat because we are strong and mentally strong, but there is always a limit.
“It is also important that you pay attention to your health. We need to survive.”
