Tennis star says "I can die" in the heat at Tokyo Games and another player leaves the court in a wheelchair

A Russian tennis star said he could "die" in the suffocating heat and humidity at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday and a Spanish player had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair because of heatstroke. Players struggled as the temperature rose to 88 degrees but the heat index made it feel like a sizzling 99 degrees.

Daniil Medvedev, who took two medical timeouts and had one visit from a trainer, was struggling so much at the Ariake Tennis Park on Wednesday that at one point the chair umpire, Carlos Ramos, asked him if he could continue playing. "I can finish the match but I can die," Medvedev, the world's number 2 men's player, replied. "If I die, are you going to be responsible?"