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Djokovic battles through brutal heat to advance
    2018-08-30  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

NOVAK DJOKOVIC overcame Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the U.S. Open first round Tuesday in punishing temperatures that prompted officials to observe a heat rule for men’s singles matches for the first time.

The players took a 10-minute break between the third and fourth sets to help them cope with temperatures climbing above 30 degrees Celsius.

The pair, who were not allowed to speak to their coaches during the break, spent the downtime side-by-side, “naked in the ice baths,” Djokovic said in a post-match broadcast interview.

“It was quite a magnificent feeling, I must say,” he added.

After claiming the first set, a visibly exhausted Djokovic smashed his racket as Fucsovics led 3-2 in the second. In between the action, both players draped themselves in ice towels and at one point Djokovic sat shirtless in his seat.

The Serb came roaring back in the third set, clawing his way from 3-1 down before sweeping Fucsovics in the fourth.

Djokovic is back at the U.S. Open for the first time since 2016 after claiming his fourth Wimbledon title this year and completing a sweep of Masters series events.

With the temperature topping 33 degrees Celsius and the humidity approaching 50 percent — and that combination making it feel more like 40 degrees Celsius — nearly everything became a struggle for every player across the grounds on Day 2 of the U.S. Open, so much so that no fewer than six quit their matches, with five citing cramps or heat exhaustion.

About 2 hours into the day’s schedule, the U.S. Tennis Association decided to do something it never had at this tournament: offer men the chance to take a 10-minute break before the fourth set if a match went that far.

Roger Federer was among those lucky enough to play a night match Tuesday, beating Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.

(SD-Agencies)

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