Australian Open Preview: Heat Wave to Hit Melbourne on First Week of Tournament, Could It Affect Players? [VIDEO] : TENNIS : Sports World News

With the Australian Open set to open on Monday, a warmth wave is predicted to hit town of Melbourne which might have an effect on gamers collaborating within the 12 months’s first Grand Slam event.

Forecasters are predicting that the temperature might go as excessive as 107 levels within the first week of the event, which is a shock contemplating that town had a cool 70 diploma temperature on Sunday, or a day earlier than the beginning of the event.

Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic stated he has ready nicely for excessive temperatures, remembering how he was compelled to retire to Andy Roddick within the 2009 quarterfinals when the temperature exceeded 104 levels. The Serbian sensation informed SI.com that he’s not involved concerning the forecast.

“Final couple years, all the pieces has been very all proper with my well being, with my bodily state. I have been working, after all, loads with my staff, ensuring I am match and able to play greatest‑of‑5 in excessive circumstances.”

Andy Murray, who trains in Florida, stated there’s nothing that may put together gamers as soon as the warmth units in. “The courtroom simply will get so sizzling,” he informed the media. “The air is extraordinarily, extraordinarily sizzling as nicely. I imply, in Miami, there tends to be a breeze. Right here when it is 40 levels, it may be calm. The air feels heat in your face. Your legs and your ft burn. No, I imply, the stuff that I do there helps, however you’ll be able to’t put together for that warmth. It’s totally robust.”

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