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• British No 1 loses to sixth seed Carolina Garcia 6-2, 6-2
• Serb battles back to win thanks to 10-minute break
• Serb battles back to win thanks to 10-minute break
As the mercury climbed, the players fell – literally in some cases – on a day better for tanning than tennis at the US Open. Britain’s No 1 woman, Johanna Konta, brought up on the northern beaches of Sydney but vulnerable to extreme heat in the past, was one of the non-medical casualties, while four others quit through exhaustion, cramping or injury.
Written by Kevin Mitchell at Flushing Meadows
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/28/us-open-jo-konta-novak-djokovic-heat under the title “Johanna Konta crashes out of US Open as Novak Djokovic beats the heat”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
