2023-09-07 00:11:28
Red nose, red spots on the face, sore from the towel!
So drawn saw Daniil Medvedev (27) and Andrey Rublev (25) after their quarterfinals at the US Open out of. Medvedev easily won 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. But in the end both were finished, more than after any five-movement thriller.
34 degrees in the air, down in the basin of Arthur Ashe Stadium certainly around 40. In addition, high humidity, these have been the conditions in New York for the past three days. Why the roofs of the two large squares are not closed and the air conditioning cools down the arena remains the organizer’s secret.
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Medvedev made it clear during the game that life is in danger in the heat. “One day someone will die. You’ll see,” he said, taking the towel again to wipe away the sweat. The rubbing caused red spots on the face.
“It’s not a sunburn,” Medvedev explained. “Because we sweat so much and use a lot of towels, I have no more skin on my nose and it’s red here. I just saw Andrey in the dressing room and his face was very red. And it’s not because of the sun either. That says it all! We left everything out there.”
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Medvedev: “The question is: how far could we go? Maybe we could last five sets and fight a little the next day and it would be okay. Or we’re like Yibing Wu in Washington.” The Chinese collapsed at the tournament in the US capital because of the heat during a game on the court.
Since the roof is to remain open, it looks tight with solutions. “I’m not sure what we can do. We can’t interrupt the tournament for four days because that would ruin everything: television, tickets sold, everything. In such conditions, could we go back to three sentences? Some guys wouldn’t be happy if they lost the first two. Then the match is over and you can’t come back.
Ex-swimming star Michael Phelps saw the heat battle between Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev in the stadium
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Rublev sees the heat problem rather soberly. “I don’t think about my health on the pitch. In those moments I think I have to fight, no matter how difficult it is. You have to be prepared for anything,” he says.
Ultimately, something has to happen. Even though tennis is initially an outdoor sport, if the conditions are unhealthy, it must be played in air-conditioned halls. Otherwise what Medvedev prophesied will happen.
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