{"id":210344,"date":"2025-10-09T00:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210344\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T00:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:13:10","slug":"former-grand-slam-finalist-retires-from-match-at-the-wuhan-open-as-heat-continues-to-cause-havoc-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210344\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Grand Slam finalist retires from match at the Wuhan Open as heat continues to cause havoc in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The heat in China has caused a lot of issues for players at tournaments in both Wuhan and Shanghai.<\/p>\n

This includes 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, who had his heart rate checked<\/a> during his latest match at the Shanghai Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur has also spoken about the \u2018rare\u2019 conditions in Shanghai<\/a>, with very hot and humid temperatures disrupting play.<\/p>\n

Another ATP player was struggling to breathe in Shanghai<\/a>, and there has also been major disruptions at the WTA<\/a> tournament in Wuhan.<\/p>\n

\"KarolinaPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesKarolina Muchova retires from her match at the Wuhan Open after struggling with heat<\/p>\n

Former Roland Garros<\/a> finalist Karolina Muchova has dealt with many different injury struggles<\/a> in recent years, but that did not appear to be the case in Wuhan.<\/p>\n

After dropping over 500 ranking points from the China Open<\/a> last week, where Muchova<\/a> was beaten by eventual champion Amanda Anisimova<\/a>, she was able to return to winning ways in Wuhan.<\/p>\n

However, her first round match at the Wuhan Open<\/a> was far from straightforward, but Muchova managed to come from a set down against Marta Kostyuk, despite clearly struggling with the hot and humid conditions.<\/p>\n

Muchova was looking to do the same in her subsequent match against Magdalena Frech, but took a medical timeout in the second set and had her vitals checked by a doctor.<\/p>\n

Despite continuing after this timeout, Muchova lost the next two games and then decided that she could no longer keep playing, handing the win to Frech.<\/p>\n

Retirements at the Wuhan Open and Shanghai Masters this week<\/p>\n

Muchova is definitely not the only player to retire this week, with there currently a total of 11 retirements across the tournaments in Shanghai and Wuhan.<\/p>\n

Six of these retirements have been related to heat, including world number two Jannik Sinner retiring after cramping at the Shanghai Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former US Open<\/a> champion Emma Raducanu also retired from her match<\/a>, citing poor visibility when being attended by a doctor. <\/p>\n

Player who has retired this week Reason for retirementYibing WuLeft thigh injuryTerence AtmaneHeat related illnessHamad MedjedovicHeat\/BlistersCasper RuudWrist injuryDavid GoffinUnknown injuryTomas MachacRight knee injuryJannik SinnerCramping (Heat related)Dayana YastremskaNeck injuryEmma RaducanuIllness (Poor visibility)Jelena OstapenkoIllness (Confirmed heat stroke)Karolina MuchovaHeat related illness<\/p>\n

The heat is a very specific issue related to the tournaments in China, where the temperatures are in the mid-30 degrees Celsius\/86 degrees Fahrenheit in the middle of the day, with the high humidity only adding to the challenging conditions.<\/p>\n

However, there is also the added element of the time of the season, with players including Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz being outspoken against the tennis calendar<\/a> in recent weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The heat in China has caused a lot of issues for players at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[51733,99,428,654,120212],"class_list":["post-210344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-karolina-muchova","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wta","tag-wuhan-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}