Tokyo Paralympic wheelchair tennis matches on outdoor courts started on Friday after a six-hour delay due to intense heat in the capital.
In line with a special policy aimed at protecting players, organizers decided at 11 a.m. to suspend matches scheduled for all nine outdoor courts at Ariake Tennis Park as the temperature reached 33 Celsius, a figure above what is considered safe on the heat stress index scale.
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