{"id":1148,"date":"2025-10-09T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:30:03","slug":"jasmine-paolini-makes-die-on-court-comment-after-jannik-sinner-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/?p=1148","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Paolini makes \u2018die on court\u2019 comment after Jannik Sinner injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner\u2019s<\/a> alarming cramping issue forced him to retire from the Shanghai Masters and now his Italian compatriot Jasmine Paolini<\/a> has given her verdict on the challenges of playing in hot conditions.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s W1000 event in Wuhan and the ATP Masters tournaments in Shanghai are being played in challenging conditions, with the sweltering conditions affecting Sinner as he cramped severely and was forced to quit his match against the Netherlands\u2019 Tallon Griekspoor.<\/p>\n

Emma Raducanu was among those forced to call time on her efforts at the Wuhan Open, where the roof was closed on Thursday to protect the players and fans from the extreme heat.<\/p>\n

Now world No 5 Paolini<\/a> has given her verdict on the issue of tennis matches being played in extreme heat, as she suggested it may be too hot for courts that do not have a shade to be used when temperatures hit dangerous levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what we saw in Shanghai with Jannik is was really, really hot and then it can happen,\u201d said Paolini.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen it\u2019s too humid and too hot, it\u2019s something that can happen, you know, to everybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere in Wuhan, I have to say in the Center Court, it\u2019s not that bad, but outside here as well, when I warm up outside, I\u2019m like, it\u2019s fine, 30 minutes we go in the air conditioning inside, because was too hot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, because every year the weather changes. I feel like last year here was okay, and this year also in the outside court it\u2019s so hot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad that we have the rules that if it\u2019s too hot and too humid, we stop playing, because nobody wants to, you know, to see people dying on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paolini\u2019s top ten rival Jessica Pegula<\/a> had an alternative view on the hot conditions, as she suggested elite players need to learn how to manage warm weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the roof situation obviously helps. It was super humid today,\u201d she said, responding to a question fron Tennus365 in Wuhan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly wasn\u2019t bothered by the heat at all. It was just very humid. So I was just sweating a lot, but having that little bit of shade, I think, definitely helps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other day was very, very hot. I\u2019m from Florida and I\u2019m used to the heat, but it was hot. I was feeling it. I think everyone who had to play that day was really struggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the heat rule went into effect until it calmed down? So I think it\u2019s just something that we have to keep looking at the heat rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe heat, honestly, is part of the conditions and it\u2019s part of our sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I also think, you know, a lot of these tournaments now that have roofs, like, they\u2019ll half close it, and it\u2019s kind of like, oh, well, like, is it an indoor tournament or an outdoor tournament? Or an outdoor tournament?<\/p>\n

\u201cI also think that it can get a little bit confusing when the conditions can kind of change drastically based on a tournament just deciding that they want some shade for fans, that can really change conditions as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I don\u2019t necessarily think it is always the right thing to do, or maybe totally fair as well, because at the same time, you know, if it\u2019s listed as an outdoor tournament, you should be ready to play in the heat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s a heat rule and it\u2019s way too hot and it\u2019s unsafe for kids and ball kids and players to be out there, then 100% that should be in effect. And we should just wait for it to get better.\u2028\u201d<\/p>\n

The debate over safe levels of heat for tennis to be played in has rumbled on for many years, with the ATP 1000 event in Shanghai also being played in brutal heat in China this week.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic<\/a> was sick on court during his hard-fought three-set third round win over Yannick Hanfmann and admitted he conditions were hard to deal with.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same for every player out on the court, but it\u2019s brutal,\u201d said the 24-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s brutal when you have over 80 per cent of humidity day after day, particularly for the guys when they\u2019re playing during the day with heat, with sun, it\u2019s even more brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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