Australian Open: Melbourne heat causes play to be stopped on outdoor courts
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With temperatures above 35C, matches on the outside courts were stopped just before 2.15pm local time . Andy Murray's match against Matteo Berrettini was allowed to start at about the same time because it was under the roof on Rod Laver Arena. Play stopped outside when the Australian Open heat stress scale - which takes into account the strength of the sun, air temperature in the shade, relative humidity, and wind speed - reached its highest level of five.
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