He knew the extreme heat rule would come into play whether or not he broke Jannik Sinner's serve Saturday in the third game of the third set. Eliot Spizzirri went ahead and broke the two-time defending champion 's serve anyway, taking confidence and momentum into an eight-minute break while the roof closed over the Australian Open's main stadium. Sinner, staggering with cramps and completely distracted before the interval, regained his composure while the roof was closing and again in a 10-minute “cooling break” before the fourth set.
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