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Friday 19 January 2018

GOLD

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza STANDARD
uses a cool towel during a
break while playing Taiwan’s
Hsieh Su-wei during their
second round match at
the Australian Open tennis
championships in Melbourne,
Australia, Thursday, Jan. 18,
2018.
Associated Press
Hot and

bothered:

Temperatures

rise, seeds

fall in Australia

By JOHN PYE
AP Sports Writer
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)
— On a day when shade
was a valuable commod-
ity in the searing heat at
Melbourne Park, Roger Fe-
derer played it cool at the
Australian Open. Six-time
champion Novak Djokov-
ic, however, complained
about the brutal condi-
tions during his second-
round win over Gael Mon-
fils, when the temperature
sius (104 degrees Fahren- Warriors Overtake Bulls,
peaked at 40 degrees Cel-

heit). Djokovic urged ten-
nis organizers to be more 119-112
flexible about the rules for
drink breaks, time between
points and suspension of Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (11) scores
play when the conditions past Chicago Bulls’ Robin Lopez (42) and Jerian
were bordering on danger-
ous. Federer, the defend- Grant during the first half of an NBA basketball game
ing champion, finished Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Chicago.
off a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4) win Associated Press
over Jan-Lennard Struff a
half-hour before midnight, Page 20
when the temperature was
still around 29 degrees C
(84 degrees F), and said
playing at the height of the
heat wouldn’t have both-
ered him.

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