Apparently wet & dry bulb temperatures are measured. The dry bulb was right on the money (40) but the wet bulb was below (33). It's a measure of temperature & humidity that finally closes things down.

I thought the Tour Down Under was cancelled or at least substantially shortened.

The cycling in Ballarat a few weekends ago in 40 degrees had some events cancelled and some shortened.

Lots of the players come from places that are in severe winter but I don't think they've come direct from home. They are actually on the tennis circuit and have worked their way from a Northern Summer to a Southern summer over 6 months. I heard the commentators mention that one of the girls home town (Kiev?) was -7 but I don't think she had come direct from there. In the US temps get as bad and in Asia it's generally the humidity. I reckon the players earn their money in the conditions at the Open as of the last few days.

I stopped watching because one of the lady players was obviously in extreme pain every time she hit the ball, and obviously an awful lot of the people watching the game were sensitive to her pain and started moaning and screeching along with her.

Causing the referee to temporarily stop the game, I strongly believe that when tennis players are experiencing this level of discomfort the game should be stopped immediately.

Adjudicators - don't you love 'em? Whether ON court or IN court, they never seem to get it quite right....

Women are great. I would not be without one  but why do they get paid the the same as men number 100 in the mens arena would blow Serena off the court,its painfully slow to watch and that screaming really grinds on you I believe in equal pay For equal work male or female,but paying Serena the same as Federer is a joke..

Ron-D wrote:

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Women are great. I would not be without one  but why do they get paid the the same as men number 100 in the mens arena would blow Serena off the court,its painfully slow to watch and that screaming really grinds on you I believe in equal pay For equal work male or female,but paying Serena the same as Federer is a joke..

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 This has to be the most misogynistic remark I've heard for ages. About the only thing in your post I agree with relates to noise, even then no big deal, turn the TV off.

Santa wrote:

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Ron-D wrote:

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Women are great. I would not be without one  but why do they get paid the the same as men number 100 in the mens arena would blow Serena off the court,its painfully slow to watch and that screaming really grinds on you I believe in equal pay For equal work male or female,but paying Serena the same as Federer is a joke..

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 This has to be the most misogynistic remark I've heard for ages. About the only thing in your post I agree with relates to noise, even then no big deal, turn the TV off.

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No one has more respect for women then myself I find your answer to my post ridiculous.... 

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There was a mention on breakfast TV this morning that one of the female players lost her toenails due to the heat....
I would imagine that if this can happen it would not be isolated to women.
Just watching the tennis makes me hot but fortunately I usually have better things to do.

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 I suspect nothing to do with the heat Dicko, pretty common among athletes due to bruising and poor fitting foot wear, but as a journo why miss an opportunity to mention the heat.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/when-marathon-runners-leave-toenail-behind-1C6436947

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Ron-D wrote:

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No one has more respect for women then myself

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 A trumpism no less!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJS1gX7F5Q

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Just out of interest the Australian open is currently receving a lot of negative publicity from the media on this side of the world. There are suggestions that the organisers are putting players health at risk by asking them to play in the exreme heat.It,s even being suggested that the big name players  boycot playing the event and that what is in reality the Asian leg of the Grand Slam be moved somewhere else. You can say whatever you like about needing to toughen up or about media stirrers but I imagine places like China or Japan would be rubbing their hands together at the prospect of being the location for a replacement grand slam event. Move it here to Dubai and I,m sure that they would have an air conditioed facility built in no time. Australia cannot afford to lose the money brought in by these big international events so maybe people need to start thinking about what can be done in future to cope with the extreme weather conditions rather than just shrugging it off.

"In the summer, the weather in Dubai is very hot, dry and humid, with temperatures reaching 45 °C (113 °F) for many days. Even the sea temperature reaches 37 °C (99 °F), with humidity averaging over 90%" Hot dry and humid! from Wikipedia.

The stadium in Dubai looks to be similar to those in Australia.

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The Belmont Bear wrote:

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Australia cannot afford to lose the money brought in by these big international events so maybe people need to start thinking about what can be done in future to cope with the extreme weather conditions rather than just shrugging it off.

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 Perhaps play all matches at night.

Santa wrote:

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Ron-D wrote:

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No one has more respect for women then myself

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 A trumpism no less!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJS1gX7F5Q

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Is there something wrong with you ?

Maybe they scream with excitement because they know that every time they hit the tennis ball they earn another $100.