LONDON \u2014 Former US Open tennis champion Daniil Medvedev has indicated he’s one of what the ATP Tour calls \u201ca small number of players and team members\u201d it is trying to help leave Dubai as the\u00a0war in the Middle East\u00a0causes a\u00a0widespread travel shutdown.<\/p>\n
Medvedev’s Instagram account reposted on Monday a report from a Russian-language tennis outlet, Bolshe, which said he was safe and staying at a friend’s apartment in Dubai, amid flight cancellations after winning the ATP event there last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe health, safety and wellbeing of our players, staff and tournament personnel is our priority. We can confirm that a small number of players and team members remain in Dubai following the conclusion of the recent ATP 500 event,\u201d the ATP Tour said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey and their teams are being accommodated in the tournament’s official hotels, where their immediate needs are being fully supported.\u201d<\/p>\n
Medvedev and others are due to play at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif., where main-draw matches start Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in direct communication with those affected, as well as with tournament organizers and security advisors,\u201d the ATP said. \u201cAt this stage, travel assessments remain subject to ongoing assessment in line with airline operations and official guidance. We will continue to provide appropriate support to ensure players and their teams can depart safely when conditions allow.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as tennis players, cricketers from England and Pakistan’s men\u2019s developmental cricket teams were in the United Arab Emirates at the weekend ahead of a game which was cancelled on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Youth basketball players also\u00a0faced travel issues\u00a0when a EuroLeague tournament there was cancelled at the weekend.<\/p>\n
Numerous sports events in the region have shut down, with\u00a0Asian Champions League soccer games\u00a0and the Qatari league on hold. The governing body which oversees Formula 1 said Monday it will focus on \u201csafety and wellbeing\u201d as it\u00a0considers\u00a0upcoming races in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON \u2014 Former US Open tennis champion Daniil Medvedev has indicated he’s one of what the ATP Tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-509798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}