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 st...

Jannik Sinner's ambitions of winning a third straight Australian Open title looked close to being over as the Melbourne heat crept towards 40C.

Meanwhile, Spizzirri said, "I don't know if he got saved by it. I smiled a little bit when the heat rule went into effect just because it was kind of a funny timing as I went up 3-1."