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ATP Open to Heat Policy After String of Retirements in Shanghai Sauna
Multiple retirements due to heat and humidity above 80% at the Shanghai Masters have prompted ATP to evaluate a formal heat policy in consultation with players and experts.
- The ATP confirmed it will study and implement a heat policy, evaluating measures with players, tournaments and medical experts while prioritizing player safety, ATP said.
- Temperatures at the Shanghai Masters hovered around 30 degrees Celsius with humidity over 80%, causing several players including world number two Jannik Sinner to retire mid-match due to cramp or illness.
- Novak Djokovic's match incidents underscored the strain, as he vomited during play while Holger Rune questioned if players were expected to "die on court", and Patrick Mouratoglou defended Sinner's tough decision.
- The retirements have reshaped the Shanghai draw as a string of withdrawals blew it wide open, following a similar heat-triggered incident in Cincinnati last August when Arthur Rinderknech collapsed.
- Possible measures under discussion range from suspending play to moving matches indoors, while the ATP Medical Services team already applies on-site protections and other sports offer heat policy models.
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ATP chiefs are considering the heat rule after a spate of submissions and "torture" by tennis players at the Shanghai Masters this week.
·Belgrade, Serbia
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Denmark's Holger Rune called for tennis authorities to introduce a heat rule at events like the Shanghai Masters – ATP said it was considering bringing in such a policy
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·France
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Hot weather has become one of the main topics of discussion at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament, ending the tournament for several players and prompting questions about whether the men's professional tennis organization, the ATP, needs stricter rules to protect tennis players.
·Estonia
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