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Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous

Australia’s lingering, catastrophic bushfire disaster has killed at least 28 people, an approximated 10 million hectares consumed, and a decimated animal population with numbers yet to be confirmed.

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

Slovenian player Dalila Jakupovic pulled out of her qualifying match against Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele on Tuesday after she experienced severe coughing. The match went ahead notwithstanding air quality reaching hazardous levels in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne sits.

By this morning the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) rated the air quality in Melbourne as hazardous, forcing officials to postpone the start of play.

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