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On a stifling day at US Open, tournament puts a heat policy into play

NEW YORK - Ball kids are accustomed to bringing players water, towels and new balls during Grand Slam tournaments, but the trash can request may have been a first. Yet Novak Djokovic thought the bin ... read more

US Open 2018: 'Heat-related' issues force five players to retire on day two

Conditions at the US Open ... day two, said matches in the middle of the day should not have been played. "They were lucky they only had retirements," said the world number 60. The conditions led to ... read more

Sweltering heat, humidity challenge players at US Open; Some relief on the way

Stifling ... tournament can download the free AccuWeather app to stay aware of the latest temperature trends. RELATED: Northeast summer heat, humidity to fade but not dramatically come Labor Day ... read more

Alize Cornet sparks criticism of sexist treatment at the US Open

THE heat was doing strange things to everyone at the US Open ... On a day where the rising New York mercury and stifling humidity played havoc with a host of opening round matches, forcing retirements ... read more

Heat rule used again at US Open as temperatures soar to 35.5 Celsius

The U.S. Open will implement its heat rule for the second day running to give suffering players ... conditions will be more stifling than it was on Tuesday when the United States Tennis Association ... read more

Why the USTA's attempts to rewrite the tennis rulebook at the US Open have backfired

When the US Open began on Monday ... clocks passing through the first week of the tournament relatively unnoticed because of a multitude of other code violation controversies, the result of the ... read more

US Open: Players retire, fans collapse while heat rule in play at NYC

Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images A second day of stifling heat and humidity caused havoc at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, prompting tournament ... down and plunging into ice baths to cool off from the 38 ... read more

Special heat rules implemented for US Open players

A second day of stifling heat and humidity caused havoc at the US Open on Tuesday ... the chair umpire to halt play while emergency medical personnel attended. Elsewhere fans crowded into the shady ... read more

The Latest: Nadal Warned for Time in Easy US Open Victory

Stephens served an ace to finally put away the 2-hour, 46-minute match against Kalinina, a Ukrainian qualifier who was playing her first Grand Slam tournament ... a.m. Play at the U.S. Open is ... read more

Female player briefly takes off shirt in US Open heat, hit with penalty

A simple shirt adjustment at the US Open is ... so hot at the tournament that there is a “heat rule” in place to protect players. So Cornet, like many other athletes and everyday people playing sports ... read more

On a stifling day at U.S. Open, tournament puts a heat policy into play

They tell us it’s fine. They’re not the ones playing ... per day at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., has been monitoring the outside temperature every hour since the heat policy went into effect Tuesday ... read more