Players are Fainting & Puking & Hallucinating at the Australian Open

[RockaFowler]

http://deadspin.com/players-are-fainting-puking-and-hallucinating-at-the-1501241100

Temperatures soared to 108 degrees today, weather unfit for human existence, let alone playing world-class tennis. A short compilation of bad things to happen to tennis players so far at the first Grand Slam event of the year:

Frank Dancevic collapsed during the second set of his match, lying unconscious on the court for a full minute. Dancevic says he was hallucinating before he fainted, and thought he saw a certain cartoon Beagle: SNOOPY
The soles of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's sneakers melted.
Jelena Jankovic burned her bottom on a seat.



If I hear one more time that it is snowing in Canada, so that means there is no such thing as Global Warming I WILL SCREAM!!!

[rocktivity]

1. I'm actually glad to hear it's the heat

I was afraid it might be another chemical spill.


rocktivity

[KamaAina]

2. Nope

Australia is a civilised country that actually inspects its chemical storage sites.

[TBF]

3. Extreme heat policy enacted -

they actually stopped play yesterday:

Australian Open Halted as Temps Hit 109 Degrees
MELBOURNE, Australia January 16, 2014 (AP)
By JUSTIN BERGMAN Associated Press
Associated Press

The scorching weather finally brought play to a halt on the fourth day of the Australian Open when the temperature topped 43 Celsius (109F), but not soon enough for some players who criticized officials for not stopping matches earlier.

The Extreme Heat Policy was enacted at Melbourne Park just before 2 p.m. Thursday, suspending all matches on outer courts until the early evening and requiring the closure of the retractable roofs at Rod Laver and Hisense arenas before play could continue on the show courts ...

More here: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/play-oven-melbourne-park-21550592