REUTERS Tennis - Australian Open - Women's Singles Final - Melbourne Park, Melbourne. The Monash University report, titled ‘Love 40, degrees’, said extreme heat and weather events would have a growing impact on sport in Australia. (Michael DodgeAAP Image via AP)“It doesn’t matter what sport you’re playing, there are multiple tracks of evidence that summer sports across the board are going to be impacted by climate change and extreme heat,” Hall said. Sports organisations have adopted extreme heat policies but in recent years Tennis Australia has been criticised for not postponing play when players were showing signs of distress. Robert Cianflone via Getty Images MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 15: Smoke from bushfires covers the Melbourne CBD on January 15, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia.

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