Tennis-Medvedev warns about 'dangerous' US Open heat


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 07 Sep 2023

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 6, 2023 Russia's Daniil Medvedev reacts during his quarter final match against Russia's Andrey Rublev REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Daniil Medvedev overcame suffocating heat and humidity to win his U.S. Open quarter-final on Wednesday and said it could have been "dangerous" if the three-set match had gone on much longer.

Medvedev and fellow Russian Andrey Rublev were so drenched in sweat it looked like they had been dunked in the nearby Hudson River amid a punishing heat wave gripping New York.

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