NYC heat wave scorches US Open tennis players
Explore More This year’s US Open is coming in hot.
Tennis players and fans on Tuesday struggled in the oppressive heat of the Flushing Meadows tournament, where a sweat-drenched tennis racquet slipped out of star Taylor Fritz’s hands as temperatures surged to a sizzling 92 degrees. “We know heat. We are used to heat. Even so, today it was tough!” Argentinian player Andres Molteni, 35, told The Post.
Molteni, who fell with his doubles partner Maximo Gonzalez, 40, to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in the quarter-finals, said they had to adjust their game because of the temps.
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