Novak Djokovic has called for organisers to rethink the Olympics tennis schedule because of the hot and humid conditions in Tokyo.
The Serbian phenomenon beat Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien (6-2 6-2) and Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff (6-4 4-3) but the weather could yet prove his most difficult opponent.
It's well-known that the world No. 1 struggles with heat and humidity and he said with a smile:
“I’m still waiting to meet the player that likes this kind of weather.
“Playing in extreme heat and humidity that is 90 per cent or God knows how much, it’s very challenging.
ATP and WTA tournaments matches often do not start until late afternoon in cases of such a hot weather, but here all courts start at 11am which is the hottest period of the day.
Djokovic said, “I don’t really get why ITF doesn’t want to move the matches,”
“This was the last centre court match and it was finished before 5pm.”
The Serbian superstar is bidding to become the first man to win a golden slam of all four major titles and singles gold in the same year.
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