Hazardous smoke has forced play to be suspended. 9News
The smoke is also causing havoc at the Kooyong Classic just to the east of Melbourne, with the match between Maria Sharapova and Laura Siegemund abandoned due to the conditions.
"We played over two hours, and I actually started feeling a little bit of a cough coming on towards the end of the second set," Sharapova told SBS."And when I heard Laura speak to the umpire and she was struggling with it, and I was like 'thankfully I'm not the only one.' Earlier this month defending champion Novak Djokovic called on organisers to consider delaying the tournament if the smoky conditions threatened players' health.
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