Paul Feinbaum

I remember when I covered the Australian Open the first time in 93, Jim Currier, Ed Berg in the final, they came off the court and you could smell the burning rubber on the player's shoes.

I mean, it was just so, so hot.

And it was almost a situation where they felt like, you know, that was part of the game to

push your endurance and part of conditioning but it's happening so often in so many places now i think knowledge about the science of it has changed and there is a policy in place here you know but maybe they need to revise it and go you know a little bit more uh on the conservative side because you don't want to see players at risk like that and the other issue is there's still no allowance for cramping

because it's considered a conditioning problem.

You're not allowed to treat somebody on court for that because they're considered part of your conditioning.

I think that needs to change because it's just not a good look.

And also, you know, the players are really suffering.

But center, again...

This is a situation that's arisen before, and Juan Manuel Sarandolo was running around like a rabbit at the end of the fifth set, so it clearly wasn't a problem for every player.

Yeah, I mean, it's an interesting call.

I think maybe they ought to move the bar a little bit if you ask me, but I think there probably still should be a bar.

I don't think we should be accommodating right and left.

It's an outdoor sport.

I mean, maybe some guys, like I know Agassi was a great player in the wind.

So when it starts to get windy, do you block the wind?

If you get too much sun, do you block the sun in your eyes?

At some point, there's an element of that, right?

You've got to be able to say, you know, you're in an outdoor situation.

You've got to deal with this.