Dubai Tennis Championships winner Daniil Medvedev is among the many tennis gamers going through a disruption to their schedule.
The Russian’s consultant mentioned they have been attempting to ascertain how Medvedev might journey to California for subsequent week’s Indian Wells match after the UAE “partially and briefly” closed its airspace.
Finland’s Harri Heliovaara, winner of the boys’s doubles occasion alongside Britain’s Henry Patten, mentioned his journey plans are “nonetheless unsure”.
“All of us gamers, the finalists and some different doubles gamers, are caught in Dubai. [Plus] the entire ATP employees, the umpires, physiotherapists, coaches and different staff and relations – a complete of about 30 individuals,” Heliovaara wrote in his weblog, exterior.
He added that the choice of leaving by highway had been explored, however that might contain both a five-hour drive to Muscat – though dangerous visitors jams have been reported on the Oman border – or a journey exceeding 10 hours to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The ATP mentioned it stays in direct contact with these affected, with “a small variety of gamers and staff members” nonetheless in Dubai being accommodated in official match motels “the place their rapid wants are being totally supported”.
The ATP Challenger Tour occasion in Fujairah, UAE goes forward as deliberate this week, however working with heightened safety measures and happening behind closed doorways as a precautionary step.
