{"id":433826,"date":"2026-01-24T06:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433826\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:01:08","slug":"australian-open-live-jannik-sinner-overcomes-cramps-blistering-heat-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433826\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open live: Jannik Sinner overcomes cramps, blistering heat to win"},"content":{"rendered":"

MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s Day 7 at the Australian Open, and third-round action continues on what is a scorching summer day in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

The mercury is expected to hit a whopping 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit), meaning there’s a serious chance we could see play suspended under the tournament’s extreme heat policy.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/a><\/p>\n

The action on the court will be just as hot; two-time defending champ Jannik Sinner<\/a> and 10-time winner here Novak Djokovic<\/a> will be in action, as will top ranked Americans Jessica Pegula<\/a>, Amanda Anisimova<\/a>, Madison Keys<\/a>, Taylor Fritz<\/a>, and Ben Shelton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned as ESPN’s team of reporters bring you all the latest news, results, match schedules, and more from Day 7 at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s Day 7 at the Australian Open, and third-round action continues on what is a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-433826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}