Tokyo Paralympic tennis matches start after 6-hour heat delay

Tokyo Paralympic wheelchair tennis matches on outdoor courts started on Friday after more than a six-hour delay due to intense heat in the Japanese capital.In line with a special policy aimed at protecting players, organizers decided to suspend matches scheduled for all nine outdoor courts at Ariake Tennis Park as the temperature reached 33 C, a figure above what is considered safe on the heat stress index scale, at 11 a.m.Play on the first day of the tennis competition was scheduled to start at that time but the outdoor matches finally began after 5 p.m.The schedule changes caught some pla…READ FULL ARTICLE