Australian Open recap: Stan Wawrinka waves goodbye with aplomb on scorching Day 7

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• This also seemed to do the trick, as she beat Karolína Plíšková in straight sets. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOther players had rackets strung to a tighter tension in their bags.
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• 4 seed Amanda Anisimova likes the experience of an ice bath, and took one after her training session on Friday, as well as before and after beating Peyton Stearns in their third-round match Saturday. One of the biggest challenges the players faced was not becoming too anxious about the prospect of playing in the searing heat.
• Jannik Sinner, who cramped against Eliot Spizzirri and was thankful for the roof closure mandated by the tournament’s Heat Stress Scale, said in his news conference that he struggled to sleep the night before.
• Ben Shelton, a straight-sets winner against Valentin Vacherot, said it was a case of trusting his preparation whatever the conditions. Another potential distraction for those starting earlier in the day, like Anisimova, was trying to get the match done before the temperature really ratcheted up.“Going into the match, the one thing I tried to tell myself and stick to was to really not spend my energy on thoughts coming in and out of frustration or negativity or things that just didn’t matter, like closing the match or stressing out about not finishing the match,” she said in her news conference. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“I knew that when it’s really hot, it brings you even more down and it takes a lot of your energy.”Fortunately for Saturday’s players, they won’t have to deal with this kind of heat for the rest of the tournament.