Follow usUS Open 2023 delivers some fine tennis matches, but also struggles with record-breaking heat conditions.
It got so hot and humid at the U.S. Open on Tuesday that the organizers took an alternative method to help the players that will stay until the end of the tournament. Tey will partially shut the Arthur Ashe Stadium roof in extreme conditions to offer some extra shade.
The temperature climbed above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) and the humidity topped 50% on Tuesday, making it one of the hottest days of the tournament so far.
The change to the roof policy was made during Coco Gauff’s 6-0, 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko, when the conditions crossed a threshold for protecting players in the heat, but that match was over too quickly to adjust the retractable cover, tournament referee Jake Garner told The Associated Press.
The new policy is “in the best interest of fans and players,” Garner said.
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