Is there unfair treatment in the AO?

Question

Why do you think did the organizers of the AO allowed the game between Novak and Andy continue despite the temperature reaching above 60 degrees which is way above the body core temperatue? is it because they wanted novak out? and they wanted federer or nadal or Andy win the title? why are they scheduling the game of their very own Jelena Dokic and Federer at 3AM when the weather has cooled down. Is this unfair disadvantage that they are practicing? I wanna know because im sooo pissed off and i don't wanna watch this stupid tournament ever again. (i mean only this AO because it sucks). Do they think the people enjoyed watching the match in an unplayable condition? Where is the beauty of the game. this tournament is really unbelievable. You can't possibly guage the real talent or ranking of the players with this unfair scheduling of the tournament.

Answer 1

Oh grow up, every player that comes to play in the AO knows they have to battle the heat as much as the person on the other side of the net. They train and condition themselves for the heat and if they can't handle it they need to go home and let those that can fight it out.



The matches that draw the big crowds always get scheduled for the times that will allow more people to attend and watch. This is the norm for any tournament in any city.



Just for the record it was not above 60 degrees and the temperature is monitored and matches do get held over if it is too hot.

Answer 2

The match was clearly not in unplayable conditions. As Andy Roddick. He was fit enough to play the whole match in the exact same conditions as Djokovic was experiencing. Djokovic was not so he retired. If Roddick has trained well enough and Djokovic hasn't then Roddick deserves to win and he did. It would have been unfair to close the roof and cool down the place just because they knew Djokovic couldn't handle it and that way he would have a better shot.



Training and fitness are every bit as important as talent and skill. The other top players know it and so should Djokovic. That's just a part of this grand slam. Like some of the others said, you need to come prepared to win in the heat in the Austrailian Open, just like you need to know how to move on the clay at the French, or handle the rain at Wimbledon.

Answer 3

why does everyone keep saying it was 60 degrees??



i dont know what the on court temperature was (admittedly it could have been hotter) but it was a 33 degree day. yes thats hot.. but no thats nowhere near 60 degrees lol



also as if it was cos they wanted novak out lol. you and your conspiracy theories.. both andy and novak had the same conditions so it wasnt unfair. although i agree it would have been fairer if they put the roof on.



also half the challenge of the australian open is to guage the real talent of the players to see how well they can play when they are not in the most comfortable playing conditions. (novak didnt seem to have any trouble last year!) interesting to see the men being separated from the boys

Answer 4

Absolutely. I agree. That's bad judgment on the tournament officials to not close the roof when the temperature is 142 degrees. Clearly they don't seem to care about the health and well being of the players. So many players have gotten really ill or badly injured this year, all because the officials don't care about taking any precautions to protect the players. Had this been the US Open or Wimbledon, there would've been absolutely NO WAY they would've let the players play in conditions this bad. Someone needs to address this problem before a far more serious injury occurs. This was unfair to Djokovic and the fans. They can't expect any and everyone to be able to survive temperatures at or above 142 degrees. That's inhumane. Djokovic's health is more important than a grand slam title. I'm glad he retired before something bad happened.

Answer 5

Was it bias? That's anybody's guess.



Was it unfair? Yes, to both players. Why not just close the roof? Seriously...



I didn't get that. Even the on-court Channel 7 reporter was saying how boiling it was and mentioned that the roof should really be closed on a day like this.





And all the major men's match-ups, (e.g. Safin V. Federer) were at night time after the women's games when they would get the most views.



I don't get while they held such a big quarterfinal in the middle of the day.



They've never done that before. Why the change now?

Answer 6

It may be above your core temperature, it will only affect it if your fluid intake isn't proper and you aren't cooling yourself down properly in your breaks.

Closing that roof would of made that place as humid and hot as hell. Tennis is an all round sport yes, but A lot of it is played in the hot seasons of each continent, country whatever. Australia is a damn hot place, clearly we can see that but players known that their sport is going to throw them into some pretty tricky situations including weather conditions.

Yes its a factor due to what it can do to the body, but no, its not unfair they know playing this sport in the summer months has isconsequencess

Answer 7

it relatively is all approximately timing and acceptance. extra usual gamers would be scheduled at situations while people are lots extra probably to observe them, while least usual gamers will play at different situations. As in all tournaments, people get the coolest fortune of the draw. i do no longer think of that they've scheduled the way they did to be "unfair."

Answer 8

i think this is another very good reason why the australian open be given to china and the chinese open becoming the 1st slam of the year!

i hope china makes a bid and grabs the aussie open!