Tennis-Scorching heat grips U.S. Open second round
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NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) -Sweat-drenched competitors battled through suffocating conditions as sweltering heatgripped the second-round action at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
Temperatures topped 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35°C) by the early evening asthe sun beat down on the tens of thousands of fans who arrived at the sprawling Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Madison Keys was relieved to get past Australian qualifier Maya Joint 6-4 6-0 in just 62 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"I just wanted to get on and get off," the 2017 runner-up said, after she set up a meeting in the next round with Belgian Elise Mertens.
A straight-sets win was welcome forGerman Alexander Zverev, as he cruised past Frenchwildcard Alexandre Muller at Louis Armstrong Stadium toset up a match with Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
"I was at some point very, very wet. The whole court was flooded from me," Zverev said. "But I felt good physically."
While high temperatures and a beating sun are nothing new at the year's final major, the conditions on Wednesday tested fans and players alike, and some athletes were not lucky enough to get a quick escape from the heat.
Etcheverry vomited amid the stifling conditions in his five-set win over compatriot Francisco Cerundolo, while Russian Andrey Rublev had to battle back from two sets down to get past Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech.
Rublev and Rinderknech wrapped themselves in ice towels during the changeovers and Rinderknech fell to the court with exhaustion after a 37-shot rally. The match was briefly halted in the second set when a spectator required medical attention.
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen placed an ice towel around her head during her 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2 second-round win over unseeded Erika Andreeva under the blazing sun at the Grandstand, where officials had to call a 10-minute heat break.
"Today the weather is too hot. Yeah, but all the crowd is here suffering with me from the heat," said the Chinese seventh seed, who will next play German Jule Niemeier.
Reporting by Amy Tennery and Karl Plume in New York, Aadi Nair and Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, Frank Pingue in Toronto and Angelica Medina in Mexico City; editing by Clare Fallon
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