US EditionMelbourne Mercury Rising: AO Braces for Extreme Heat
Play on outside courts is suspended under the highest Heat Stress Scale, with special conditions for staff and ballkids to protect health during temperatures reaching 45C.
- Yesterday, Australian Open organisers activated the five-level Extreme Heat Policy as temperatures were forecast to reach 45C on Tuesday, urging fans to drink water and stay in the shade and postponing the Grand Slam wheelchair championships.
- Because Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature measures humidity as well as heat, organisers rely on it and the Heat Stress Scale, calculated from radiant heat, shaded air temperature, humidity and wind around Melbourne Park.
- AO operations and medical teams are implementing earlier gate openings, allowing ground-pass ticket holders access to Margaret Court Arena, reducing ballkid rotations with extra recovery squads, and the Tournament Referee deciding on cooling breaks or suspending play.
- On Saturday, play was suspended when temperatures hit 40C and roofs closed on major venues; top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka will play on Rod Laver Arena, with Alcaraz saying `Whatever it is, I just will be ready`.
- Looking beyond the tournament, new heat rules and past records highlight future safety measures as Victoria state fire-danger warnings and inland Victoria forecast 49C.
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Melbourne mercury rising: AO braces for extreme heat
Australian Open officials are taking drastic measures as the season-opening grand slam faces the prospect of attempting to play on through potentially some of the hottest recorded temperatures in Melbourne's history.
On the last Saturday for the first time, the "extreme heat" protocol of the Australian Open will again enter into force on this Wednesday, with temperatures surrounding the 40oC, informed the organizers of the tournament. Discussed in full summer in the south hemisphere, Australia's Aperate is used to suffer with the subfocal heat. It is worth more than R$740 000: Swiss brand of luxury watch made with shirts and rockets by Djokovic Itajaí: two f…
Organizers of the Australian Open in Melbourne have changed the schedule of the competition for the second time in four days due to extreme heat, with temperatures in Melbourne expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
The "extreme heat" protocol, intended to preserve the health of the players, will come into effect Tuesday at the Open of Australia for the second time of the tournament, announced on Monday the organizers.
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It wouldn’t be an Australian Open without searingly hot weather. But how hot is too hot? The Sporting News explains the Australian Open Extreme Heat Policy.
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