Australian Open organisers have tweaked their 'Extreme Heat Policy' for next year's tournament when being suspect of forcing players to perform in inhumane conditions throughout a heatwave in Gregorian calendar month.
Despite water bottles melting, ballboys collapsing and players instinctive reflex and spending out once temperatures exceeded forty degrees stargazer for four days at this year's tournament, play was stopped for under four hours on the outer courts.
There was a groundswell of criticism from players, principally over the dearth of transparency concerning once the policy would be enforced because it was entirely at the discretion of the tournament referee and not triggered by temperatures reaching a precise level.

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