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Extreme heat at Roland Garros. Warning of shoulder injury: “Tennis players at high risk”
AGI - Extreme heat is no longer an exceptional element in outdoor sporting events: it is a health, organizational, and medico-legal risk factor. The Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (Sima) recalls the risks faced by tennis players, ball boys, spectators, and other individuals after extreme heat, which affected France and the Roland Garros tennis tournament currently taking place in Paris.
“In tennis, where matches can last for hours, exposure to the sun, intermittent high-intensity effort, surfaces that accumulate heat, humidity, reduced ventilation, and often insufficient recovery times are combined. The risk concerns tennis players, but also ball boys, referees, line judges, technical staff, security personnel, and spectators – explains President Alessandro Miani – For environmental medicine, the tennis court must be considered a high-exposure climatic microenvironment. It is not enough to measure the air temperature indicated by weather stations: it is necessary to evaluate the actually perceived heat on the court, integrating humidity, solar radiation, wind, available shade, and surface material. The most accurate indicator is the WBGT, Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, already used by ITF, ATP, and various international tournaments to activate cooling breaks, game modifications, or game suspensions.”
“Tennis is a high-risk sport with intense heat for several reasons: the main health risks are dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, syncope, heatstroke, rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, reduction in cognitive and motor performance, increased risk of injury, sunburn, and heat rash – continues Miani – Particular attention should be paid to young ball boys, and athletes who are not acclimatized, returning from travel or with insufficient recovery, are also more vulnerable. The risk increases with jet lag, reduced sleep, recent illnesses, medications, previous dehydration, poor adaptation to heat, and closely spaced matches.”
Prevention and Environmental Medicine
For Sima, extreme heat in sport must be addressed as an issue of environmental medicine and primary prevention. Protecting health cannot be left to the individual perception of the player or only the air temperature: correct environmental indicators, clear protocols, staff training, and pre-prepared cooling measures are needed before symptoms appear. In tennis, the question is no longer whether heat can interfere with the competition, but when the court becomes an unsafe environment for those who play, work, or watch.
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https://www.agi.it/sport/news/2026-05-26/caldo-estremo-tennisti-rischio-37245979/
