The 2025 Shanghai Masters is turning into quite the challenge, with sweltering heat and intense humidity pushing the world’s top tennis players to their limits, resulting in plenty of complaints and some players even pulling out. In fact, the tournament kicked off with a bit of drama, before it even began. Twelve players pulled out before the start, and that includes big names like Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Draper.

Then, things got intense when Hungarian Marton Fucsovics collapsed onto the court during a match, telling the umpire, “I am dying,” eventually returning but losing the match. The most brutal assessment of the situation though came from French player Arthur Rinderknech after his victory over Alex Michelson.

As reported by journalist Quentin Moynet on X, the 30-year-old Frenchma

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