2-time Australian Open winner calls for organisers to keep close eye on air quality. FMTNews
MELBOURNE: Tennis great Chris Evert said player health is a serious concern heading into this year’s Australian Open where poor air quality could hit competitors hard in matches amid the devastating bushfires that have engulfed the country.
Australia is experiencing one of its worst bushfire seasons on record, with fires burning for months and killing 28 people, destroying more than 2,500 homes and razing forests and farmland the size of Bulgaria. “It is a health issue, and especially when it gets on to three out of five sets and you’re out there for a long time,” said Evert, a twice Australian Open champion.“I think that they really have to keep a close eye on it.”
Yet given the challenges of putting on one of tennis’s biggest events, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion McEnroe said it “would be extremely difficult to envision” that competitors would not play or that the dates of the competition would be moved.
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