Russian tennis player Roman Safioulline spoke about the challenges of playing in hot weather at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
On Monday, Safiullin reached the 1/8 finals in singles at the Olympic Games by beating Argentina’s Tomas Echeverri with a score of 6:0, 7:6 (7:1).
— How do you play when Nadal and Djokovic are playing on the next court? There was almost no one at your match because of that.
– Actually no, that’s not true. A French girl was playing next to me; it was all packed. Even from my courtroom, they applauded in that direction during the rally; there were actually a lot of people.
— How to play in such heat?
– It’s not easy to play. I played at Roland Garros from nine o’clock in the evening at six degrees, now +30, it’s a big difference. Tomorrow, Danya (Medvedev) will play, and it will be +35 at the stadium. Tough.
— The main discussion is how to sleep on cardboard beds?
“It’s not ideal, but it’s not bad either, I thought it would be worse,” reports the correspondent, according to Safioullin’s words.
In the next round, the Russian will face the winner of the match between Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands) and Carlos Alcaraz (Spain).
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