{"id":426664,"date":"2026-01-24T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426664\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:19:07","slug":"australian-open-live-novak-djokovic-eyeing-fourth-round-play-suspended-due-to-40c-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426664\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open live: Novak Djokovic eyeing fourth round; play suspended due to 40C heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 24, 2026, 02:49 AM ET<\/p>\n

MELBOURNE, Australia — Reigning Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner<\/a> overcame severe cramps to beat plucky American Eliot Spizzirri<\/a> and advance to the fourth round of the tournament on a middle Saturday that saw play suspended due to extreme heat.<\/p>\n

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The mercury hit a whopping 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Day 7, forcing organisers to implement the tournament’s extreme heat policy. Play was halted on all courts just after 2:30pm local time and only permitted to continue on Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena, and John Cain Arena after roofs were shut.<\/p>\n

Top ranked Americans Jessica Pegula<\/a>, Amanda Anisimova<\/a>, Madison Keys<\/a>, and Ben Shelton<\/a> all booked their tickets to the next round, while 10-time champion Novak Djokovic<\/a>, Iga Swiatek<\/a>, and Naomi Osaka<\/a> headline the evening session at Melbourne Park.<\/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":"Jan 24, 2026, 02:49 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Reigning Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner overcame severe cramps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-426664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426664","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=426664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}