"“One player is going to die,” Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev warned during his US Open match last week in brutally hot conditions as he struggled with his breathing and vision against his similarly sweat-drenched opponent, Andrey Rublev. Medvedev's comment came as the WMO confirmed that summer 2023 is the hottest on record, serving as a stark reminder of how much the world will suffer and lose as the climate crisis intensifies." Source: https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/09/07/one-player-is-going-to-die-how-is-extreme-heat-affecting-us-open-tennis-players

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