A heatwave in New York City has affected US Open tennis players and have drawn complaints from Daniil Medvedev and legend John McEnroe.
The heat has been a major factor at thearea experienced a bit of a heatwave after weeks of cooler temperatures, tennis legend John McEnroe and current starMcEnroe on Wednesday was at a remote desk and talking about the conditions with fellow ESPN hosts James Blake and Chris McKendry. He said the conditions Medvedev and Andrey Rublev were playing in were"not humane in a way."
"These poor guys today … they looked like they’re going to fall over. It’s not humane in a way," he said, according to Larry Brown Sports."I’m sorry. Please, USTA, in the future, I think seriously we should close the roof." "The only thing that is a little bit, let’s call it dangerous, is that the question is: How far could we go?" he said during the match."I’m not sure what can we do. Because probably we cannot stop the tournament for four days — because it’s been, what, three, four days it’s been brutal like this? — because then it basically ruins everything: the TV, even the tickets, everything. It ruins everything," he said.
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