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14th January 2014
04:57pm GMT

…before his t-shirt appeared as if it was painted on after it became drenched in sweat during his encounter with Tomic…
…not the ladies minded seeing him having to dry off of course...
Temperatures had only dropped slightly when Nadal played Tomic in the Rod Laver Arena at night-time in Melbourne, having soared as high 42 degrees Celsius earlier in the day.
Andy Murray, who defeated Go Soeda in straight sets (6-1, 6-1, 6-3) in just under an hour and a half earlier today, was one of a number of players to hit out at having to play in such conditions after one player, Canadian Frank Dancevic, suffered heat stroke and collapsed during his match while another, Peng Shuai of China, vomited on court with a number of ballboys and spectators also needing treatment.
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