Newsletter www.nytimes.com Wildfires mar first day of play at Australian open qualifiers Smoke from the wildfires shrouded the courts and caused one player to double over in coughing fits.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Roger Federer is tough to beat. Global warming might have pulled an upset Federer struggled in the nighttime heat and humidity, conditions that were in keeping with the changing climate. “It was hot,” he said.