Slovenian tennis player falls victim to Melbourne air

Ljubljana, 14 January - Slovenian tennis player Dalila Jakupović started the Australia Open qualifying tournament on Tuesday, but conceded after leading the match 6-4, 5-6 due to uncontrollable coughing and breathing difficulties, likely caused by smoke and air pollution from the continent's fires.

Melbourne, Australia Melbourne blanketed in smoke haze. Photo: Xinhua/STA

Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne blanketed in smoke haze.
Photo: Xinhua/STA

New York, US Tennis player Dalila Jakupović. Photo: Robi Poredoš/STA

New York, US
Tennis player Dalila Jakupović.
Photo: Robi Poredoš/STA

The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.
The news item consists of 1.573 characters (without spaces) or 305 words words.

Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens.

aaz/zza/ep
© STA, 2020

The STA web pages use cookies to ensure proper functioning of all page features. By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies on all STA web pages.

I want to know more