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osaka, who lit the olympic cauldron. she played and easily won her first olympic singles match after bowing out of the french open earlier this year. patrick snell of "cnn world sport" is standing by in atlanta with the latest on the competition. but let's begin with cnn's blake essig in tokyo. let's talk about that weather. hot and humid right now, we understand? >> yeah, alison, hot and humid. it's an understatement. it is really at times unbearable for long stretches when you're outside. before covid-19 turned the world upside down, it really was the weather that was supposed to have been dominating headlines around these olympic games. while cases in tokyo are surging and olympic-related cases continue to climb, it's the weather that could cause problems for organizers in the coming days. a tropical storm is approaching japan and could make landfall, hitting the tokyo area on tuesday. japan's meteorological agency says that the storm is unlikely