Dr Kathryn Bowen, a senior research fellow at the Australian National University (ANU) specialising in climate and health, was watching the match and said common sense should have prevailed, at least closing the roof to shield the players somewhat from the heat.
"When you can see the impacts (of the weather) on a person are as acute as they are that's when you need to look at this more subjectively and respond in a humane fashion," Dr Bowen told news.com.au.
"We don't need to bring out our thermometers. It's clear they're both suffering.
"It becomes a perverse game if it doesn't respond to their stress. They're under significant heat stress now and the officials really need to be able to make these calls quickly and with full autonomy."

A tennis fan, Dr Bowen said watching the match made her "uncomfortable" because of how much pain Monfils was in. She also said tennis lost its essence when it became less about skill and more about surviving extreme conditions.
"I've been watching with dread," she said. "I don't want to watch it.
"He looks ill, he looks sick, they're both suffering.
"It loses the gist of the game and it loses the spirit of the game when all they're doing is trying to survive in these sorts of conditions. It's not enjoyable at all.
"It becomes less about athletic skill and more about extreme heat survival.
"Clearly they (tournament organisers) need to put player health first and it appears they are not."
The extreme heat policy that would see play cancelled is brought into effect at the Referee's discretion when the temperature reaches 40C away from the heat of a court surface and the wet bulb globe temperature (which takes into account humidity) exceeds 32.5C.
The Australian Open's official Twitter account said the match was not halted because play "needed to be consistent with the outside courts so some don't get an unfair advantage".

On Wednesday Dr Liz Hanna of the Climate Change Institute at ANU and the Climate and Health Alliance said forcing players to put their bodies through hell came with "potentially lethal" consequences.
"They're at very high risk of overheating and that is potentially lethal. The worst case scenario is that somebody would succumb to severe injury," Dr Hanna told news.com.au.

"If we don't (put player safety above all else), we run the risk of people forfeiting matches or indeed people suffering potentially long term health problems and of course the worst case scenario is someone could die.
"Your total body performance - which would include your cognitive performance as well as your physical performance - is impacted and that's catastrophic for an elite athlete."
Tennis Australia has been contacted for comment.

澳猪尾只有5:30 p.m.的气温记录，逗牛啊？
tournament officials said was recorded at 104 degrees at 5:30 p.m. at Rod Laver Arena.About that 5:30 reading: That came when shade was beginning to cover the court area. You can bet the on-court reading earlier in the day -- when play took place under direct sunlight -- was even higher. (Officials said they had no earlier numbers to report.)

这个女粉为了近距离我鸡，就说你还要命不？
Jessica Marintelli was one of those brave fans. When ticket holders abandoned their primo midcourt, lower-level seats at Rod Laver Arena, the Western Australian left her upper-level seat and claimed their territory.
The huge Djokovic fan wound up having an entire row to herself.
But that came at a price.
"These seats are hot; they are burning, and if you touch them it feels like your clothes are on fire," said Marintelli, whose discolored nose was in clear need of some ointment. "It was very, very hot. I put sunscreen on about six times and kept covering myself with cold water."
So why sit in the heat near the center of the court, when she would have easily grabbed a shady seat in one of the corners?
"I'm from Perth, so I'm used to this," she said. "And it's Novak Djokovic. I want to be able to see him from the best seat possible."

谁说很热啊

现在唯一希望的就是德约现在身体不要受伤

老牛的话其实没啥问题，性格如此，他有这个地位和人气，恶心的是他的一些**粉，贪得无厌，各方面都想标榜自家的好，一副高位俯瞰的丑相

费牛不敢打日场，却还贬低打日场的，自己享受特权，然后一帮三鹿还要造谣说其实打日场更有利，你德打日场是阴谋害小黑。

这个外粉恐怖片看多了：Is he a vampire unable to go out in the sunlight?
他是吸血鬼吗，这么怕见光？

媒体真恶心

British doubles player Dom Inglot was on court in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon, and he told BBC Radio 5 live sports extra:
"It's really difficult. The last couple of days haven't been that hot but then it's shot up to 40 degrees.
"There's no way of preparing for that. Unless you've played in Sydney or Brisbane, you're coming in from mid 20s to 40s.
"My hand goes down on the floor to brace myself to stand up when the serve is hit and I can't put my hand down because the court is burning my hand. It's literally burning my hand.
"I was lucky I was on the outside court today as it was windy and that breeze really helps. It's not as humid as in previous years or if you're playing in America.
"But if you're playing in that stadium, without that wind, then it's stifling. It soaks up that heat even more."
中心场和外场的高温天气影响不同。

热晕了

澳猪尾 草菅人命！ 中暑会死人的！