Australian Open tennis players affected by bushfires as air quality reaches hazardous levels

Jan 14 2020 by Mashable

 

Australia's continuing, catastrophic bushfire crisis has seen at least 28 people killed, an estimated 10 million hectares burned, and a decimated animal population with numbers yet to be confirmed.

But the disaster is having some other unforeseen repercussions, including at the country's Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, where air quality has reached hazardous levels.

Slovenian player Dalila Jakupovic pulled out of her qualifying match against Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele...

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