The heat has derailed Melbourne's tramlines, but, luckily for the Australian Open organisers, it never triggered a roof closure or stoppage of play over the last three days. Rediff.com showcases the near-melt-down related emotions of players.
Hosts Japan sailed into the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time with a 3-1 victory against injury-plagued Canada on Sunday.
Canada raced to a 2-0 lead over Spain in their Davis Cup world group first round tie on Friday, pushing the five-times champions to the brink of defeat and moving to within a doubles victory of a maiden win at this level.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi gave the Indian fans something to cheer about by advancing to the semi-finals of the Chennai Open on Friday.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their first round match at the Chennai Open, beating the Canadian-Swiss combine of Frank Dancevic and Stanislas Wawrinka on Monday.
Canadian tennis star Frank Dancevic, who along with Stanislas Wawrinka will face star Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi at the Chennai Open, knows that their opening match is a tough one but promised a good fight against the crowd favourites on Monday.
Russian Dmitry Tursunov became the first men's champion at the Eastbourne International with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Canadian qualifier Frank Dancevic on Saturday but suffered an ankle injury that could dent his Wimbledon hopes.
Order of play on the main showcourts on the first day of the June 23-July 6 Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday.
Unseeded Canadian Frank Dancevic upset top-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov of Russia 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 in the quarter-finals on the Indianapolis Championships on Friday. Dancevic lost to Tursunov in the 2007 final at Indianapolis and is looking for his first ATP title.
World number three Novak Djokovic opened the defence of his Toronto Masters title in impressive style with a 6-4 6-4 win over Canadian Frank Dancevic.
Indian wild card Prakash Amritraj battled his way into the final of the $385,000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, beating seventh-seeded Canadian Frank Dancevic in Newport, Rhode Island, on Saturday. The Indian Davis Cupper, whose father Vijay had won three Hall of Fame Championships, won the semi-final 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3.
Former finalist David Nalbandian became the highest men's seed to perish at Wimbledon on Monday, beaten 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 by Canada's Frank Dancevic.
Hingis and Clijsters entered the two showcourts at Melbourne Park at almost the same time for their second-round matches.
Both reached the semi-finals of the Montreal Masters, beating Lleyton Hewitt and Frank Dancevic respectively.
Leander Paes-Martin Damm will face Mahesh Bhupathi-Pavel Vizner in the quarter-finals of the Montreal Masters.
Russian third seed Dmitry Tursunov won his second career title with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Frank Dancevic of Canada at the Indianapolis championship on Sunday.
Dancevic shocked top seed Andy Roddick while Tursunov beat American Sam Querrey in the semi-finals of the Indianapolis championships.
The 27-year-old beat fourth seed Frank Dancevic of Canada to qualify for the grass court Grand Slam.
Top seed Andy Roddick and number three Andy Murray reached the Memphis International second round in contrasting styles.
Defending champion Andy Murray survived a scare to reach the quarter-finals with a 6-0, 6-7, 6-4 win over Dane Kristian Pless.
The former world number one Hewitt, seeded 19th, dropped a set against the Canadian but came through to the third round of the Australian Open.
Bhupathi and Paes are in the separate half of the draw and may face each other in the final.
Canadian Frank Dancevic slammed Australian Open organisers for forcing players to play in "inhumane" conditions after he suffered heat stroke in temperatures of 41 degrees Celcius (108 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday.
Pospisil and Shapovalov joined forces in the deciding doubles rubber against Jordan Thompson and John Peers, winning 6-4, 6-4 in front of several hundred delirious Canadian fans.
Spain's talisman Rafael Nadal sealed a sixth Davis Cup title for his country on Sunday when they beat Canada 2-0 in the final of the revamped event.
Australian Open organisers have tweaked their 'Extreme Heat Policy' for next year's tournament after being accused of forcing players to perform in "inhuman" conditions during a heatwave in January.
Venus Williams got off to a flying start in her return from a two-month layoff but her game quickly fell apart as the seven-time Grand Slam champion slumped to a 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 loss to Kirsten Flipkens in the Rogers Cup first round on Tuesday.
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