NEW YORK (AP) -- Crying and hyperventilating, Akiko Morigami left the U.S. Open
in a wheelchair Monday after being overcome by cramps in the hot and humid
weather.
Morigami won all seven points in the first-set tiebreak against Australian
Nicole Pratt before the 25-year-old right-hander from Japan started feeling
cramps throughout her entire body. The official temperature in New York City
reached 86 degrees with 60 percent humidity, although it is always much hotter
on the hard courts of the National Tennis Center.
A finalist at Cincinnati last month, Morigami at first refused to retire from
the match, but was unable to continue. She sat in her courtside chair sobbing
while a trainer tried to console her, then began hyperventilating as a
wheelchair was brought onto the court.
``My whole body was cramping,'' Morigami said. ``I thought it would get better,
but I could not even walk. Obviously I panicked a little bit.''
Pratt won 6-7 (0), 6-0.
Morigami had similar troubles last week when she was playing in nearby Forest
Hills. She was able to finish the match, but lost to 15-year-old Alexa Glatch
in three sets.
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